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- Arms exports to Israel must stop immediately: UN experts https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/02/arms-exports-israel-must-stop-immediately-un-experts 74 comments
- Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in SE Asia, says UN https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/08/hundreds-thousands-trafficked-work-online-scammers-se-asia-says-un-report 185 comments
- Arms exports to Israel must stop immediately: UN experts https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/02/arms-exports-israel-must-stop-immediately-un-experts 208 comments worldevents
- UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/02/israelopt-un-experts-appalled-reported-human-rights-violations-against 190 comments worldevents
- UN Special Rapporteur on Torture urges UK government to halt imminent extradition of Julian Assange https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/02/un-special-rapporteur-torture-urges-uk-government-halt-imminent-extradition 24 comments worldnews
- ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/10/unchilded-birth-un-expert-calls-decisive-protection-palestinian-children 2 comments worldnews
- Widespread use of torture by Russian military in Ukraine appears deliberate: UN expert https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/06/widespread-use-torture-russian-military-ukraine-appears-deliberate-un-expert 4 comments worldnews
- UN Human Rights Chief Türk issues open letter to Twitter’s Elon Musk https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/11/un-human-rights-chief-turk-issues-open-letter-twitters-elon-musk 40 comments law
- UN Xinjiang report https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/2022-08-31/22-08-31-final-assesment.pdf 4 comments china
- Spain violated former Catalan Parliament leaders’ political rights, UN Human Rights Committee finds https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/08/spain-violated-former-catalan-parliament-leaders-political-rights-un-human 2 comments worldnews
- Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet after official visit to China https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2022/05/statement-un-high-commissioner-human-rights-michelle-bachelet-after-official 12 comments worldnews
- Ukraine: Joint statement on Russia’s invasion and importance of freedom of expression and information https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2022/05/ukraine-joint-statement-russias-invasion-and-importance-freedom 2 comments worldnews
- Ukraine: Aged and those with disabilities face heightened risks, say UN experts https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?LangID=E&NewsID=28200 3 comments europe
- UN Human Rights report for Donbass, 2016 https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/Ukraine_13th_HRMMU_Report_3March2016.pdf 41 comments goldandblack
- OHCHR | Ukraine: UN expert condemns racist threats, xenophobia at border https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?LangID=E&NewsID=28194 8 comments worldnews
- In a historic ruling on the harmful effects of climate change on children’s rights, the United Nations Child Rights Committee has found that a State party can be held responsible for the negative impact of its carbon emissions on the rights of children both within and outside its territory https://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=27644&langid=e 13 comments worldnews
- UN human rights experts: Belarus must stop torturing protesters and prevent enforced disappearances (UN OHCHR) https://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=26199&langid=e 4 comments europe
- UN experts condemn modern-day racial terror lynchings in US and call for systemic reform and justice https://ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=25933&langid=e 49 comments worldnews
- Landmark ruling by Dutch court stops government attempts to spy on the poor https://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=25522&langid=e 10 comments europe
- What United Nations considers unlawful use of tear gas! https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/CCPR/LLW_Guidance.pdf 6 comments india
- United Nations decries Hong Kong’s protestors’ violence and calls for calm https://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=25312&langid=e 3 comments worldnews
- UN experts: Health condition of Julian Assange life-threatening https://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=25249&langid=e 5 comments worldnews
- UN expert: Julian Assange’s life may be at risk https://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=25249&langid=e 12 comments worldnews
- The Netherlands is building a surveillance state for the poor, says UN rights expert https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?amp%3BNewsID=25152&src=ilaw 6 comments privacy
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir: Developments in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir from June 2016 to April 2018, and General Human Rights Concerns in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IN/DevelopmentsInKashmirJune2016ToApril2018.pdf 3 comments pakistan
- UN rights experts - Spain must respect fundamental rights in response to Catalan referendum. http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=22176&langid=e 14 comments europe
- The OHCHR (UN) about Catalonia: "Spain must respect fundamental rights in response to Catalan referendum, UN rights experts" http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=22176&langid=e 23 comments europe
- United Nations Human Rights discusses Universal Basic Income http://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/poverty/pages/pressconferences.aspx 23 comments geopolitics
- UK PM’s call for human rights laws to be overturned if they “get in way” of terrorism fight is highly regrettable [x-post /r/europrivacy] http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=21803&langid=e 14 comments europe
- End abuse and detention of gay men in Chechnya, UN human rights experts tell Russia http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=21501&langid=e 9 comments europe
- Racial or religious profiling has so far proved to be ineffective in fighting terrorism, say two United Nations human rights experts, who have welcomed the end of a “discriminatory and ineffective” counter-terrorism measure adopted in the United States after the 11 September 2001 attacks. http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=21063&langid=e 208 comments worldnews
- Eastern Ukraine casualties highest since August 2015 - Civilian homes looted, schools and hospitals shelled or used by Ukrainian forces and armed groups http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=20329&langid=e 55 comments europe
- Japan’s record on women’s rights to face review by UN Committee: "Among the possible issues for discussion between CEDAW and a delegation from the Japanese Government are: Banning the sale of video games or cartoons involving sexual violence against women" http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=17028&langid=e 4 comments worldnews
- United Nations human rights expert Alfred de Zayas called on Governments not to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) without reaffirming their human rights treaty obligations and their recent pledges to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=17006&langid=e 30 comments worldnews
- Children also have the right to freedom of religion or belief, and that must be protected http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=16647&langid=e 4 comments worldnews
- UN Rapporteur on US/CIA torture: "CIA officers cannot hide behind the authorisation they were given. The perpetrators may be prosecuted by any other country they may travel to." http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=15397&langid=e 125 comments worldnews
- United Nations: "It is difficult to reconcile Canada’s well-developed legal framework and general prosperity with the human rights problems faced by indigenous peoples in Canada that have reached crisis proportions in many respects." [PDF] http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/IPeoples/SR/A.HRC.27.52.Add.2-MissionCanada_AUV.pdf 11 comments worldevents
- U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights: We must be clear: the United States is in clear breach not just of its own commitments but also of international laws and standards that it is obliged to uphold. http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=13212&langid=e 82 comments politics
- Despite what Ron Paul says, there is a right to Education http://www.ohchr.org 14 comments politics
- UN Statement on Wikileaks Iraq files http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=10477&langid=e 7 comments worldnews
- The definition of torture - the UN http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/cat.htm 2 comments reddit.com
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