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,…Continue reading Senegal: UN experts urge respect of fundamental freedoms ahead of elections
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….Continue reading Guatemala: UN experts call on President to take concrete action to protect civic space
GENEVA (24 January 2024) – UN experts* urged the Government of Bangladesh to carry out major human rights reforms to reverse repressive trends in the country and restore political dialogue…Continue reading Bangladesh: Government must prioritise human rights in its fourth term
GENEVA (15 September 2023) –States must effectively respect, protect and facilitate the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, of association and of expression online and in digitally-mediated spaces, and ensure…Continue reading States must guarantee fundamental freedoms online and during use of digital technologies
GENEVA (2 August 2023) – A range of serious human rights violations and severe restrictions on civic and political space affected the credibility of Cambodia’s national elections on 23 July,…Continue reading Cambodia’s shrinking democratic space affected credibility of national elections: UN experts
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 (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
