UN experts urge President of Zimbabwe to reject bill restricting civic space
UN experts* today urged Zimbabwe’s President to reject enacting a bill that would severely restrict civic space and the right to freedom of association in the country. The experts expressed…
Spain: UN experts demand investigation into alleged spying programme targeting Catalan leaders
GENEVA (2 February 2023) – Spanish authorities must thoroughly investigate reports that Pegasus and Candiru spyware was used to target Catalan public figures and activists in Spain following the independence bid…
Russia: UN experts alarmed by escalation of crackdown on civil society
GENEVA (27 January 2023) – UN experts* today expressed alarm over the escalating crackdown against civil society by Russian authorities after the decision by the Moscow city court this week…
Eswatini: Experts condemn killing of human rights defender Thulani Maseko, demand accountability
GENEVA (26 January 2023) – UN and African Union experts* today condemned the killing of human rights defender and lawyer Thulani Maseko in Eswatini as “abhorrent” and demanded an impartial investigation…
Afghanistan: Taliban’s targeting of women and NGOs preventing delivery of life-saving assistance is deplorable
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…
Afghanistan: Taliban’s exclusion of women and girls from universities is disastrous for everyone
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…
Israel: UN experts condemn record year of Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank
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…
Iran: UN experts condemn execution of protestor, raise alarm about detained artists
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…
Mexico: Government and business must address negative impacts of Train Maya project
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…
Comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation must be a priority, say UN experts ahead of Universal Declaration anniversary
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…