GENEVA (29 December 2022) — UN experts* today denounced and called for an immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order barring women from working in international and national non-governmental organisations…Continue reading Afghanistan: Taliban’s targeting of women and NGOs preventing delivery of life-saving assistance is deplorable
GENEVA (21 December 2022) — UN experts* today condemned in the strongest terms the latest decision of the Taliban that excludes women and girls from universities, a further violation of their…Continue reading Afghanistan: Taliban’s exclusion of women and girls from universities is disastrous for everyone
GENEVA (15 December 2022) – UN experts* condemned the rampant Israeli settler violence and excessive use of force by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank this year…Continue reading Israel: UN experts condemn record year of Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank
GENEVA (8 December 2022) – UN experts today condemned today’s execution of a 23-year-old demonstrator convicted in the context of nation-wide protests and raised the alarm about Iranian artists charged…Continue reading Iran: UN experts condemn execution of protestor, raise alarm about detained artists
GENEVA (7 December 2022) – UN experts said today they were concerned the 1,500-kilometre Train Maya project on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula was endangering the rights of indigenous peoples and other…Continue reading Mexico: Government and business must address negative impacts of Train Maya project
GENEVA (7 December 2022) – Independent United Nations experts today urged all UN member states to prioritise enacting, enforcing and implementing anti–discrimination legislation, as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human…Continue reading Comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation must be a priority, say UN experts ahead of Universal Declaration anniversary
GENEVA/WARSAW (05 December 2022) – UN and high-level representatives from regional mechanisms mandated with the protection of human rights and the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association,…Continue reading Joint statement: International mechanisms join forces to strengthen the protection of assembly and association rights
GENEVA (5 December 2022) – UN human rights experts* call for ambitious policies and recommitment to development cooperation in a statement marking the 36th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right…Continue reading States must renew their commitment to international cooperation to achieve SDGs and realise human rights
GENEVA (25 November 2022) – UN experts* today said the latest actions by Taliban de facto authorities targeting women and girls deepen existing flagrant violations of their human rights and…Continue reading Afghanistan: Latest Taliban treatment of women and girls may be crime against humanity
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 2022 GENEVA (24 November 2022) –Increased and relentless attacks on the bodily autonomy of women and girls on the basis…Continue reading Ending violence against women and girls key to tackling global crises and achieving prosperity
