GENEVA (20 July 2022) – Independent Experts* today expressed alarm about record high inflation, rising commodity prices, power shortages, crippling fuel crisis and the economic collapse in Sri Lanka, as…Continue reading Sri Lanka: Economic crisis and repression of peaceful assembly alarming
GENEVA (13 July 2022) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the continued and heightened crackdown on civil society groups, human rights defenders and media outlets by Russian authorities, and…Continue reading Russia: UN experts condemn civil society shutdown
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted four texts, including extending the mandate of the fact-finding mission on Libya, and appointed eight Special Procedure mandate holders before closing its fiftieth…Continue reading Human Rights Council extends FoAA mandate, reaffirms obligation of States to protect peaceful protest
GENEVA (29 June 2022) – UN human rights experts called for an urgent review of the legal proceedings brought against opposition politicians in Cambodia after at least 43 defendants were…Continue reading Cambodia: Opposition mass trials deeply flawed
GENEVA (24 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* have called on the international community to bring an end to the so-called “war on drugs” and promote drug policies that…Continue reading End ‘war on drugs’ and promote policies rooted in human rights
GENEVA (20 June 2022) – The world is bearing witness to a continued shrinking of civic space and increased human rights violations in the context of peaceful protests, as governments across…Continue reading Militarised approach to policing peaceful protests increasing risk of violence
GENEVA (15 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about a violent crackdown against civil society in Iran, including members of workers’ unions and teachers arrested…Continue reading Iran: UN experts alarmed by civil society crackdown
GENEVA (15 June 2022) – UN Special Rapporteurs* participating in the annual RightsCon Summit have emphasized that digital rights violations enable and escalate online and offline violence, deepening conflict, systemic discrimination…Continue reading UN experts highlight digital rights in crises at RightsCon
GENEVA (10 June 2022) – Ahead of the 50th session of the Human Rights Council, a group of UN experts* today urged the Government of China to cooperate fully with…Continue reading China must address grave human rights concerns: UN experts
GENEVA (7 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the Myanmar military junta’s attempts to establish a “digital dictatorship” in Myanmar by imposing further restrictions on the access to…Continue reading Myanmar: UN experts condemn military’s “digital dictatorship”
