UN dismayed at the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to forcibly deport Palestinians from the Masafer Yatta area

17/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 17 May 2022 UN experts called on the Israeli authorities and the international community, as […]

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Lebanon: UN concern about prolonged pretrial detention and overcrowding in detention centers

15/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 15, 2022 The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has expressed concern […]

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Bachelet calls for an investigation into the attack on Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral

15/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 15, 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called for […]

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UN expert warns of ‘failing State’ amid widespread poverty in Lebanon

12/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 12 May 2022 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier […]

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Free Them All: A Fair and Transparent Process to Release Political Prisoners in Egypt

10/05/2022

May 2022 1- Addressing the crisis of the arbitrary detention of political prisoners in Egypt is a necessary, urgent and long overdue step. Egypt has […]

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UN denounces restrictions imposed by Israeli authorities on entry and residence of foreign academics in West Bank

09/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 9, 2022 United Nations human rights experts stressed that the new procedures for the […]

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Egyptian prisons: rehabilitation centres or graves for human rights

09/05/2022

The 2021 annual report by the Committee for Justice has shed light on the latest developments in Egypt’s human rights climate, above all was the […]

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UN Conciliation Commission holds its first meeting between Palestine and Israel to resolve dispute over allegations of racial discrimination 

08/05/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 8 May 2022   The United Nations Conciliation Commission held its first meeting on the State […]

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Yemen: UN concerned about long-standing strike by Judiciary and its impact on individual’s right to access to justice

08/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 8 May 2022 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, […]

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Saudi Arabia: UN concerned about arrest of two Uyghurs at risk of being forcibly returned to China despite risk of torture

08/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 8 May 2022 UN experts have expressed their concerns about the Saudi authorities’ arrest and […]

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Egypt: Paper highlights role of families of victims of human rights abuses in political change

01/05/2022

A paper published by the Committee for Justice today, titled “Egypt: How families of victims of human rights violations have organized to become an active […]

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UN fears Serbia will extradite activist to Bahrain despite death penalty risks

28/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 April 2022 UN experts have expressed concern about the arrest and detention in Serbia […]

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UN experts denounce Israeli housing policies in occupied East Jerusalem as racist

28/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 April 2022 UN experts stressed that Israeli housing policies in East Jerusalem amount to […]

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Saudi Arabia: UN calls for a halt to the executions of two citizens after an unfair trial

28/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 April 2022 UN experts have called for a moratorium on two executions against two […]

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Egypt: Ayman Hadhoud, another victim of extrajudicial killing

14/04/2022

The extreme discrepancy in the official account of the death of the Egyptian economist and member of the Reform and Development Party, Ayman Mohamed Hadhoud, […]

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