GENEVA (28 August 2023) – UN experts* today expressed grave concern about recent decisions by Russia’s Constitutional Court to dismiss challenges to the constitutionality of the country’s legislative provisions that…Continue reading Russian Court decisions on laws discrediting armed forces a ‘new low’ in clampdown on expression
GENEVA (11 August 2023) – UN experts* warned today that convicting trade unionists and labour leaders on terrorism charges was a “chronic misuse” of Venezuela’s counter-terrorism laws against those advocating…Continue reading Venezuela: UN experts condemn use of counter-terrorism laws to convict trade unionists and labour leaders
GENEVA (23 June 2023) – UN experts* have expressed their concerns and asked the Russian Government for information on allegations that an anti-torture NGO in the country was targeted in…Continue reading Russia: UN experts raise alleged targeting of anti-torture NGO by Russian Government
GENEVA (30 May 2023) – UN experts today called on Belarusian authorities to immediately release all prisoners in the country detained on spurious charges for exercising their fundamental rights to…Continue reading Belarus must release all detainees held on political grounds and protect their rights: UN experts
Illustration @shabnam.artz GENEVA (6 April 2023) – UN experts* today demanded the immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order banning Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan. On 4…Continue reading Afghanistan: Taliban must stop targeting Afghan women
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…Continue reading UN experts urge President of Zimbabwe to reject bill restricting civic space
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…Continue reading Russia: UN experts alarmed by escalation of crackdown on civil society
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 (27 October 2022) – Today marks the 17th anniversary of the first commemoration of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and 2022 also marks the 10th anniversary of the…Continue reading Joint declaration: The Situation of Election Observers as Human Rights Defenders
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
