UN concerned about political pressure on the judiciary in Lebanon    

17/10/2021

News briefing    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice     Geneva: October 17, 2021    UN experts revealed that they had received information indicating an alleged political […]

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CFJ: Trial of Regeni killers a milestone against impunity

14/10/2021

As the trial of the suspected killers of the Italian student Giulio Regeni continues, torture and other forms of abuses against detainees in Egypt remain […]

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Iraq: UN concerned about targeting civil society activists participating in demonstrations  

13/10/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 13, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have condemned the targeting of human rights […]

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EGYPT: THE HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF AL-SISI

13/10/2021

Amnesty International Italy, Human Rights Watch and DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture, in cooperation with the Committee for Justice (CFJ) and the Egyptian Commission […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about the arrest and inclusion of two activists on terrorist lists

12/10/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 12 October 2021 UN experts have expressed concern about the arbitrary detention of Egyptian human […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about execution of a citizen and the systematic use of torture to extract confessions 

10/10/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 10, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have voices their concerns about the alleged […]

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Human Rights Council holds discussions on the periodic review of Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories amid condemnation of Israeli violations 

06/10/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 3, 2021  The Human Rights Council in Geneva held public discussions on the Universal […]

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Algeria: UN concerned about sexual assault and arbitrary arrests against protesters  

05/10/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: October 5, 2021  UN experts have expressed their concerns about allegations of sexual assault, torture and […]

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Fact-finding mission in Libya: War crimes committed in the country since 2016   

04/10/2021

News briefing    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice    Geneva: 4 October 2021       The Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya stated in a report it published that […]

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UN concerned about Palestinian authorities’ alleged arbitrary detention of 3 human rights defenders

04/10/2021

News briefing     Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice     Geneva: October 4 2021    UN experts have expressed their concern about the alleged arbitrary detention of […]

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Egypt: New mass death sentences in Minya despite international outcry

04/10/2021

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has condemned Egypt’s continued issuing of mass death sentences despite apparent violations of due process. The Egyptian Minya Criminal Court […]

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UN experts condemn Israeli arrests and judicial harassment of 8 activists in occupied Palestine and Israel

03/10/2021

Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 3 October 2021  UN human rights experts have condemned the arrests, judicial harassment, criminalization and threats against […]

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The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights reviews Kuwait’s report and inquires about women’s rights and conditions of domestic workers 

29/09/2021

News briefing:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 29 September 2021  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the United Nations […]

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UN concerned about arbitrary arrest and prolonged pretrial detention of human rights defenders in Morocco 

29/09/2021

News briefing   Geneva, 26 September 2021   Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice  UN experts expressed their grave concern at the prolonged arbitrary pretrial detention and […]

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Qatar: UN concerned about enforced disappearance and arbitrary arrest of advocate for migrant workers’ rights 

28/09/2021

News briefing   Geneva, 27 September 2021   Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice  UN experts expressed their concerns about the arbitrary detention, enforced […]

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