Advancing Assembly and Association Rights for Informal Economy Workers
April 30th, 2024 – Washington D.C. ,Banjul and Geneva – This International Workers Day, the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) of the…
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Act urgently to reverse deterioration of civic space and strengthen social cohesion
SARAJEVO (22 April 2024) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, today called for immediate action to reverse…
UNSR Voule to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina
GENEVA (11 April 2024) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, will conduct an official visit to Bosnia…
Senegal: UN experts urge respect of fundamental freedoms ahead of elections
GENEVA (19 March 2024) – UN experts* today urged authorities in Senegal to ensure that political parties, journalists and human rights defenders can exercise their rights to freedom of association,…
China: UN experts renew calls for accountability for Cao Shunli’s death
GENEVA (14 March 2024) – A decade after the death in custody of human rights defender Cao Shunli, UN experts* today condemned the continued failure of Chinese authorities to investigate…
Guatemala: UN experts call on President to take concrete action to protect civic space
GENEVA (13 March 2024) – UN experts* today called on the newly elected President of Guatemala and his Government to take concrete action to protect civic space in the country….
Tajikistan: UN expert criticises dissolution of 700 NGOs
GENEVA (8 March 2024) – Tajikistan must reconsider its attitudes towards civil society and view human rights defenders as allies instead of enemies, a UN expert said today after the…
Belarus: A year after conviction of Viasna Chair and members concerns about the fairness of trial remain
GENEVA (8 March 2024) – A year after a court in Minsk sentenced Belarusian human rights defender and 2022 Nobel Peace co-laureate Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison, and…
UNSR Clément Voule launches new tools for law enforcement to foster peaceful protest
GENEVA (7 March 2024) – States should uphold their human rights obligations and facilitate, not suppress, peaceful protests, a UN expert said today as he presented a set of new…
Israel/oPt: Enabling human rights defenders and peaceful protests vital for achieving ceasefire and lasting peace
GENEVA (13 February 2024) – Undue restrictions imposed by States on peaceful protests and civil society working to protect human rights and advocating for respect of humanitarian law in the…