GENEVA (11 November 2022) — UN experts* today urged Iranian authorities to stop indicting people with charges punishable by death for participation, or alleged participation, in peaceful demonstrations. Eight people…Continue reading Iran: Stop sentencing peaceful protesters to death
GENEVA (11 November 2022) – UN experts* today joined the growing chorus of human rights voices expressing fears for the life of Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and…Continue reading UN experts call for immediate release of Alaa Abdel Fattah
NEW YORK (28 October 2022) – Faced with multiple and compounding crises, governments must embrace and enable social movements as essential partners as they ‘build back better’, a UN expert…Continue reading States must embrace and enable social movements as key partners in “Building Back Better”
GENEVA (27 October 2022) – Today marks the 17th anniversary of the first commemoration of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and 2022 also marks the 10th anniversary of the…Continue reading Joint declaration: The Situation of Election Observers as Human Rights Defenders
An alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons” GENEVA (26 October 2022) – UN human rights experts* condemned…Continue reading Iran: Crackdown on peaceful protests needs independent international investigation
GENEVA (26 October 2022) – UN and African Union independent experts* today condemned the lethal repression of peaceful protests over Chad’s extended political transition period and called for de-escalation of…Continue reading Chad: Experts alarmed by lethal use of force and call for de-escalation
Justice for repression against anti-coup protesters is key to breaking cycle of violence and political turmoil” GENEVA (25 October 2022) – UN human rights experts* today demanded effective accountability for…Continue reading Sudan: Justice for repression against anti-coup protesters
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An open and enabling space is vital for social movements In the present report, to be presented at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on…Continue reading NEW REPORT: The essential role of social movements in building back better
In the present report, to be presented at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association,…Continue reading The essential role of social movements in building back better
