UN Special Rapporteur: ‘Israeli settlements are a war crime’
News briefing Translated and Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 12 July 2021 Michael Lynk, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian […]
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Interactive dialogue at the Human Rights Council with the International Commission of Inquiry in Syria, with recommendations to establish a mechanism to find missing persons
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 12 July 2021 The Human Rights Council on 6 July held an interactive dialogue with the Independent International […]
UN calls on Egypt to halt and review pending death sentences
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 13 July 2021 United Nations human rights experts have called on the Egyptian authorities to […]
UN condemns Israel’s repeated demolition of Palestinian Bedouin property
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 13 July 2021 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in […]
UN experts welcome the reversal of death sentences of three Saudi minors, urge their release
News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 3 March 2021 UN human rights experts have welcomed Saudi Arabia’s recent decision to commute […]
UN concerned about excessive use of force and arrests of Hirak protesters in Algeria
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 June 2021 UN human rights experts have raised concerns about allegations of arrests, bans […]
UN concerned about excessive use of force against protesters in Tunisia and the restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 28 June 2021 United Nations human rights experts have indicated that the excessive use […]
UN Calls For The Release Of 3 Human Rights Defenders In Bahrain And An Investigation Into Their Allegations Of Torture
News briefing: Translation and Editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva: June 22, 2021 A UN expert has called on Bahrain to immediately release three human rights defenders, who are suffering […]
UN concerned about increasing attacks on Syrian refugees in Lebanon amid failure of the authorities to halt them
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 22 June 2021 A group of human rights experts at the United Nations expressed their […]
Tunisia: UN expert praises democratic progress since Revolution, says more needed for LGBT persons
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 18 June 2021 A UN human rights expert on Friday acknowledged the steps taken by Tunisiasince […]
Yemen: UN concerned about continuing impact of fighting on civilians in Marib
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 18 June 2021 The Spokesperson of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Liz Throssell, has expressed […]
UN rapporteur calls on UAE government to release five human rights defenders
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 10 June 2021 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, […]
UN condemnation of the right-wing extremist attacks against Palestinians in Israel
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 2 June 2021 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Affairs, Fernand de Varennes, condemned […]
UN experts condemn Egypt’s execution of a Coptic after his conviction based on an alleged forced confession
News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 30, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have condemned the execution by the Egyptian authorities of […]
UN Child Rights Committee urges Israel, Palestine and the international community to provide immediate support to children
News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 30, 2021 The Committee on the Rights of the Child of the United Nations […]
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