UN calls on Saudi Arabia to take measures to prevent human trafficking and open investigations into exploitation of Vietnamese girls recruited as domestic workers  

05/11/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: November 4, 2021   UN human rights experts have called on Saudi Arabia and Vietnam to crack […]

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UN urges Saudi Arabia to halt execution of two citizens   

26/10/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: October 26, 2021   UN experts have expressed their concerns about the execution of two Saudi […]

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UN calls on Saudi authorities to stop execution of minors and to hand over body of executed young man to his family

05/09/2021

News briefing:  Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice  Geneva, 5 September 2021  United Nations human rights experts renewed their demands for the Saudi […]

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UN concerned about allegations of mistreatment of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia despite recent reforms 

08/08/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 8, 2021 UN experts have expressed concern about allegations of abuse and exploitation of […]

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Saudi Arabia ignores UN calls for stopping the execution of al-Darwish and continues to execute minors 

02/08/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 1, 2021 A UN memorandum sent by UN human rights experts on May 28 […]

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UN concerned about the continued detention and conviction of 20 human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia

29/07/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 25 July 2021 United Nations human rights experts have expressed their concerns to Saudi authorities […]

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UN experts welcome the reversal of death sentences of three Saudi minors, urge their release

02/07/2021

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 […]

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UN experts call on Saudi Arabia to disclose the fate of an Australian preacher extradited from Morocco

18/05/2021

News briefing:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 18, 2021 United Nations experts call on the Saudi authorities to reveal the fate […]

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UN calls on Saudi Arabia to stop the execution of the death sentence against a minor

28/04/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva, April 28, 2021 UN experts have called on the Saudi authorities to stop the execution of […]

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UN concerned about the arbitrary arrest of 7 human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia

20/04/2021

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, April 20, 2021 UN experts have expressed concern about the alleged arbitrary arrest, detention and […]

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UN concerned about immigration detention centers in Saudi Arabia, amid demands to halt sanctions against irregular residence during Covid-19 pandemic

31/03/2021

News briefing:    Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice    Geneva, 31 March, 2021   UN experts called on Saudi authorities to solve the problem of hundreds […]

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UN experts denounce Saudi Arabia’s deportation of a Yemeni blogger to Yemen amid death threats

28/03/2021

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, March 28 2021 UN human rights experts have expressed concerns about the alleged imminent deportation […]

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UN demands Saudi Arabia halt death sentence against detainee who did not receive fair trial

18/03/2021

News briefing:   Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 18 March 2021 A group of United Nations human rights experts urged the Saudi authorities […]

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UN Committee urges Saudi authorities to release Loujain Al-Hathloul and other detainees

05/11/2020

Press release Committee for Justice, Geneva, November 5, 2020 The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has expressed its grave […]

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First annual report for Human Rights council monitoring “An Eye on the Council”

12/03/2019

February 12, Geneva, February 2019, this year, Committee for Justice issues its first annual report covering 2018 under its project “Human Rights Council Monitor”, in […]

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