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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Egypt: Government must immediately close Case 173 and end assault on human rights organizations and defenders
The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s failure to close Case no. 173 of 2011, commonly known as the “NGO Foreign Funding Case”, […]
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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 […]
UN expert visits Sudan to monitor human rights situation
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 17 February 2022 On February 20, 2022, the United Nations expert on human rights in […]
Al-Sisi’s Visit to Brussels: No Red Carpet for Human Rights Violations
As EU officials prepare to welcome African heads of state for the EU-AU summit in Brussels on 17-18 February, 2022, 6 NGOs call on EU […]
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Civil Society Organizations Call on the European Union to Withdraw its Joint Candidacy with Egypt to Chair the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum
In light of Egypt’s alarming record of severe human rights violations, often “justified” in the name of counterterrorism, the undersigned civil society organizations are appalled […]
Extend the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
In a letter released ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 49th session (28 February-1 April 2022), a record number of 80 NGOs urge states to extend the mandate of […]
UN High Commissioner urges Tunisia’s President to restore work of Supreme Judicial Council and preserve its independence
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 8 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, urged […]
Conviction without trial
Egypt: ‘Conviction without trial’, 2021 yearly report by CFJ on Egypt’s ‘terror lists’ In CFJ’s latest report prepared by the Trial Watch team, and entitled […]
UN concerned about continued use of lethal force and violations against Sudanese demonstrators
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 7 February 2022 UN human rights experts have expressed their concerns to both the Prime […]
UN condemns convictions and conditions of detention of Algerian human rights defender
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 7 February 2022 UN experts have indicated that the conditions of arrest and conviction of […]
UN experts visit South Sudan to support steps to implement revitalized peace agreement
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 6, 2022 On Monday, February 7, 2022, the members of the United Nations Commission […]
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