GENEVA (3 October 2022) – The Nicaraguan State has a duty to comply with its international obligations to respect and guarantee fundamental freedoms, UN and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) experts urged…Continue reading Nicaragua must restore full enjoyment of civil and political rights
GENEVA (22 September 2022) – UN experts today urged authorities, candidates and political parties in Brazil to ensure upcoming general elections are peaceful and election-related violence is prevented. Threats, intimidation and…Continue reading Brazil: UN experts call for peaceful elections
GENEVA (22 September 2022) – UN experts* today strongly condemned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after her arrest for allegedly failing to comply with Iran’s…Continue reading Iran: Un experts demand accountability for death of Mahsa Amini, call for end to violence against women
GENEVA (15 September 2022) – States have an obligation to respect and protect peaceful assemblies during crisis and emergency situations, UN and regional human rights experts urged in a joint…Continue reading States must protect peaceful assembly during emergency situations
GENEVA (14 September 2022) –Diego García-Sayán, the Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers, and Clément Nyaletossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and…Continue reading Tunisia: Judges’ right to association and protest must be respected
GENEVA (12 August 2022) – UN experts* today said the international community must dramatically step up efforts to urge de facto authorities to adhere to basic human rights principles, warning that…Continue reading Afghanistan: UN human rights experts warn of bleak future without massive turnaround
GENEVA (10 August 2022) – UN human rights experts* today denounced a decision by Belarus to withdraw from an international agreement that implements the human right to a clean, healthy…Continue reading Belarus: UN experts denounce withdrawal from Aarhus Convention
GENEVA (8 August 2022) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the extensive, prolonged and repeated use of state of emergency measures since 2 April 2022 by Sri Lankan authorities to…Continue reading Sri Lanka: UN human rights experts condemn repeated use of emergency measures to crackdown on protests
GENEVA (29 July 2022) – The arbitrary shutdown of hundreds of civil society organisations in Nicaragua is deeply concerning and would have a chilling effect on activists and human rights…Continue reading Nicaragua: UN experts denounce arbitrary shutdown of civil society organisations
GENEVA (21 July 2022) – UN experts today called on authorities, candidates and political parties in Kenya to foster an enabling environment for peaceful elections and prevent election-related violence, as the…Continue reading Kenya: Civic space and respect of fundamental freedoms key to peaceful elections – UN experts
