UN Conciliation Commission holds its first meeting between Palestine and Israel to resolve dispute over allegations of racial discrimination 

08/05/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 8 May 2022   The United Nations Conciliation Commission held its first meeting on the State […]

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Yemen: UN concerned about long-standing strike by Judiciary and its impact on individual’s right to access to justice

08/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 8 May 2022 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, […]

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Saudi Arabia: UN concerned about arrest of two Uyghurs at risk of being forcibly returned to China despite risk of torture

08/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 8 May 2022 UN experts have expressed their concerns about the Saudi authorities’ arrest and […]

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UN fears Serbia will extradite activist to Bahrain despite death penalty risks

28/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 April 2022 UN experts have expressed concern about the arrest and detention in Serbia […]

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UN experts denounce Israeli housing policies in occupied East Jerusalem as racist

28/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 April 2022 UN experts stressed that Israeli housing policies in East Jerusalem amount to […]

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Saudi Arabia: UN calls for a halt to the executions of two citizens after an unfair trial

28/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 April 2022 UN experts have called for a moratorium on two executions against two […]

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Qatar: UN experts call for reform of the anti-money laundering and terrorist financing law 

11/04/2022

News briefing Translated and Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: April 11, 2022 UN experts made several observations regarding Law No. 20 of 2019, regarding […]

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Syria: UN’s Bachelet calls for more international efforts to clarify the fate of the missing

10/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 10 April 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has welcomed […]

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Libya: UN criticizes anti-cybercrime law and calls for its withdrawal

07/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 7 April 2022 UN experts have criticized the final version of the Libyan anti-cybercrime law, […]

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On its visit to Tunisia, UN Committee for the Prevention of Torture reveals that it has monitored serious problems despite the remarkable progress

07/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 7 April 2022 The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) said Tunisia had made progress […]

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Northeastern Syria: UN concerned about the conditions of detention of boys 

06/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 6 April 2022 United Nations human rights experts have expressed deep concerns about the overall […]

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UN demands to reveal the fate of a forcibly disappeared Sudanese activist and to release her immediately

06/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 6 April 2022 UN experts express their serious concerns about the exposure of Sudanese human […]

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Iraq: UN experts express their concerns for the safety of an activist arrested in Basra and prosecuted over his views

05/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 5 April 2022 UN experts have expressed concern about the arrest by the authorities in […]

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UN calls on Saudi Arabia to stop handing over two Uyghur Chinese citizens to the Chinese government

05/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 5 April 2022 UN human rights experts have called on the government of Saudi Arabia […]

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South Sudan: UN report urges government to open up civic space, freedom of opinion and peaceful assembly

03/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 3 April 2022 The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif, presented the […]

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