Bachelet describes Israel’s decision to classify Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorist” organizations as an unjustified attack on Palestinian civil society

26/10/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: October 26, 2021  The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, confirmed that […]

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly condemns Sudan coup and calls for restoration of democratic path

25/10/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 25, 2021 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, condemned Monday’s […]

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UN experts call on Israel to release 5 hunger strikers or bring them to trial and stop administrative detention 

24/10/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: October 24, 2021  UN experts have expressed their grave concerns about the lives of five Palestinians who are on […]

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Joint statement: Regeni trial must continue despite Egypt’s failure to cooperate

20/10/2021

The signatory organizations express profound concern at the recent developments in the trial of Egyptian officials over the torture and murder of Giulio Regeni. The […]

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Egypt: New escalation in human rights crimes as activists and defenders referred to Emergency State Security trials on fabricated charges

19/10/2021

The undersigned rights organizations condemn the politically retaliatory decision to refer activists Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed Ibrahim, known as Oxygen, and rights lawyer Mohamed […]

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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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