United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issues its findings on Lebanon 

02/09/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva, September 2, 2021  The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) released […]

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UN concerned about death of Palestinian activist in Hebron, condemns use of excessive force against demonstrators

31/08/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice    Geneva, August 31 2021  In a memorandum sent to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah on July 1, 2021, […]

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UAE: UN concerned about arbitrary detention and trial conditions of a Syrian human rights defender   

30/08/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice    Geneva, August 30 2021   United Nations human rights experts have expressed their concerns about the suffering […]

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Bahrain: UN calls to investigate violations committed against Shia activists detained since 2013

30/08/2021

News briefing   Geneva, 30 August 2021   Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice  United Nations human rights experts have called on Bahrain to investigate […]

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Enforced disappearance in Egypt turned from a phenomenon to a systematic policy, says CFJ 

30/08/2021

The phenomenon of enforced disappearance in Egypt is no longer confined to cases that are documented or verified, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said. Enforced […]

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UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances says practice is used as a tool of intimidation against human rights defenders 

27/08/2021

News briefing   Geneva, 27 August 2021   Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice  The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances emphasized that states […]

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UN concerned about judicial harassment of 3 human rights defenders in Algeria 

23/08/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva August 18 2021     UN human rights experts have expressed their concern over the judicial harassment […]

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UN concerned about ban on Hirak demonstrations in Algeria, arrest and use of excessive force against protestors

18/08/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva, August 18 2021  United Nations experts have expressed grave concern about allegations of arrests, bans on […]

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Egypt: Deaths in custody increase due to deliberate neglect

18/08/2021

The high incidence of deaths in detention centres and prisons in Egypt is evidence of the level of neglect that these detention centres and prisons […]

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UN condemns Israel’s raid of NGO headquarters in West Bank, calls for investigation into child deaths  

18/08/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva, 15 August 2021   United Nations human rights experts have called on Israeli authorities to return […]

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UN concerned about violations and arbitrary detention of members of a Sahrawi organization in Morocco  

17/08/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva, 12 August 2021   Violations since inception: The experts explained in their memorandum sent to the […]

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UN concerned about prolonged detention and torture of 12 human rights defenders in Egypt

17/08/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva, 15 August 2021   UN experts stated that 12 human rights defenders in Egypt have been […]

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Tunisia: Human rights organizations commend National Dialogue Quartet for forming a working committee to follow up on situation in Tunisia

16/08/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations stand in solidarity with Tunisian civil society, following the decision of President of Tunisia Kais Saied to take unprecedented exceptional […]

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UN concerned about the long sentences and torture allegations of two human rights defenders in Morocco  

16/08/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva, 16 August 2021   United Nations human rights experts have revealed that two human rights defenders […]

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UN criticizes lack of a law in Lebanon criminalizing racial discrimination  

12/08/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva, August 12 2021  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at the Human Rights Council […]

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