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Lao PDR: Five years after arrest, human rights defenders still denied access to lawyers – UN expert

4/12/2021

Press Releases

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Human rights defenders

E F S R C A

Indonesia: UN experts flag rights concerns over $3bln tourism project

3/31/2021

Press Releases

Indonesia

Business and Human Rights
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Spécial Rapporteur on Afghanistan
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity

Extreme poverty
Indigenous peoples
Human rights defenders
Adequate housing
International Order
Transnational corporations
Human Rights and International Solidarity

E F S R C A

Iraq: UN experts appalled by killing of disappeared human rights defender’s father

3/26/2021

Press Releases

Iraq

Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
WG on Disappearances

Summary or arbitrary executions
Freedom of association
Freedom of opinion and expression
Human rights defenders
Enforced or involuntary disappearances

E F S R C A

Turkey: Withdrawal from Istanbul Convention is a pushback against women’s rights, say human rights experts

3/23/2021

Press Releases

Turkey

Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Older persons
Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
WG on Arbitrary Detention
Special Rapporteur on the right to development
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Independent expert older persons
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children

Violence against women
Women
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Women rights
Freedom of opinion and expression
Disability
Traffic in persons
Truth justice and reparation
Slavery
Torture and inhuman treatment
Environment
Extreme poverty
Summary or arbitrary executions
Freedom of association
Terrorism
Right to food
Human rights defenders
Older persons
Mercenaries
Transnational corporations
Arbitrary detention
Right to development
Religious intolerance
Independence of judiciary
Sale of children
Adequate housing
Right to drinking water

E F S R C A

Belarus: Crackdown on human rights defenders deepens – expert

3/19/2021

Press Releases

Belarus

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Human rights defenders

E F S R C A

Philippines: Expert urges Congress to enact human rights defenders law

3/18/2021

Press Releases

Philippines

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Human rights defenders

E F S R C A

Cuba: Rights of human rights defenders must be upheld, says UN expert

3/11/2021

Press Releases

Cuba

Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Human rights defenders
African Descent
Freedom of association

E F S R C A

States must find political will to prevent murders of human rights defenders: UN expert

3/5/2021

Press Releases

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Human rights defenders

E F S R C A

Joint Statement by independent United Nations human rights experts* on human rights responsibilities of armed non-State actors

2/25/2021

Statements/Messages

Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Independent expert on Somalia
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
WG on Arbitrary Detention
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls

Torture and inhuman treatment
Summary or arbitrary executions
Environment
Slavery
Sale of children
Right to drinking water
Human rights defenders
International Order
Right to food
Mercenaries
Freedom of opinion and expression
Internally displaced persons
Adequate housing
Business and human rights
Disability
Minorities
Violence against women
Religious intolerance
Health
Independence of judiciary
Freedom of association
Migration and Human Rights
Arbitrary detention
Women

E F S R C A

Brazil: Killing of land rights defender must be duly investigated to stop impunity, says UN expert

2/22/2021

Press Releases

Brazil

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment

Human rights defenders
Environment

E F S R C A

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