UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture visits Tunisia
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva 27 March 2022 The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is planning to […]
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Committee for Justice and Dignity urge UN Human Rights Council to create a mechanism to investigate human rights violations in Egypt
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: March 23, 2022 The Committee for Justice and Dignity have called on the United Nations Human Rights […]
Chair of UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria calls for investigations into possible war crimes
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: March 20 2022 The Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian […]
Egypt: UN concerned about recent wave of executions amid calls to ensure fair trial standards
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 15 March 2022 The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, expressed […]
After complaints by Committee for Justice, UN pressures Egypt to reveal fate of forcibly disappeared citizens
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 14 March 2022 The UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances expressed its hope that appropriate investigations would […]
Bachelet warns of increased violence in the occupied Palestinian territories and calls for those responsible to be held accountable
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 6 March 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has warned […]
Qatar: UN experts commend legislative revision efforts and ask about stance on death penalty
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: March 3, 2022 UN Human Rights Committee has concluded its review of the initial periodic report […]
South Sudan: UN report reveals horrific violations against civilians in Tambura, amid calls for those responsible to be held accountable
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: March 1, 2022 The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations […]
UN concerned about deteriorating health condition of detained Bahraini human rights activist Abdul-Jalil Al-Singace
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 28, 2022 Arrests and sentencing due to his human rights activities: The experts said […]
Tunisia: UN demands authorities to respond to request to establish cemetery for Baha’i minority
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 28, 2022 United Nations human rights experts affirmed that the Tunisian authorities’ rejection […]
UN experts concerned about use of Israeli Pegasus to spy on Palestinian activists
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 27, 2022 A group of United Nations human rights experts have expressed their […]
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UN issues statement on detained Al Jazeera journalists after CFJ communication
As part of its continuous success in bringing the voices of the oppressed to UN mechanisms in order to work for their redress and lift […]
Tunisia: UN concerned about possible physical assault and intimidation against human rights defender by security services
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 20 2022 UN experts have expressed their grave concern about acts of harassment, physical […]
CEDAW experts review Lebanon’s file amid calls for a law that addresses all forms of discrimination against women
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 20 2022 The Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women […]
UN committee sets up ad hoc Conciliation Commission to help resolve Palestine-Israel racial discrimination dispute
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 17 February 2022 The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has […]
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