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COVID-19 crisis: Kenya urged to stop all evictions and protect housing rights defenders

5/22/2020

Press Releases

Kenya

Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Adequate housing
Human rights defenders

E F S R C A

Malaysia / COVID-19: “Stop crackdown on migrants, journalists and civil society” – UN rights experts

5/21/2020

Press Releases

Malaysia

Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Sp. Rapporteur on Racial Discrimination
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
WG on Arbitrary Detention

Migrant workers
Health
Human rights defenders
Racism and racial discrimination
Torture and inhuman treatment
Arbitrary detention

E F S R C A

UN experts urge China to drop charges against jailed Tibetan minority human rights defender

5/19/2020

Press Releases

China

Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
WG on Arbitrary Detention
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Sp. Rapporteur on torture

Minorities
Arbitrary detention
Freedom of opinion and expression
Human rights defenders
Torture and inhuman treatment

E F S R C A

‘States must include LGBT community in COVID-19 response’: The how and why from a UN expert

5/14/2020

Press Releases

Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Sp. Rapporteur on Racial Discrimination
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
Independent expert on Somalia
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
WG on Arbitrary Detention
WG on Disappearances
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Independent expert older persons
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls
Independent Expert on Mali

Sexual orientation and gender identity
Children rights
Children
Racism and racial discrimination
Cultural rights
Education
Environment
Summary or arbitrary executions
Privacy
Leprosy
Extreme poverty
Disability
Albinism
Right to food
Independence of judiciary
Trafficking
Migration and Human Rights
Arbitrary detention
Enforced or involuntary disappearances
Right to drinking water
Internally displaced persons
Freedom of opinion and expression
Mercenaries
Human rights defenders
Older persons
Torture and inhuman treatment
Business and human rights
Terrorism
Freedom of association
Slavery
Human Rights and International Solidarity
Health
Adequate housing
African Descent
International Order
Religious intolerance
Violence against women
Sale of children
Women
Women rights

E F S R C A

COVID-19: The suffering and resilience of LGBT persons must be visible and inform the actions of States

5/14/2020

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Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Sp. Rapporteur on Racial Discrimination
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
Independent expert on Somalia
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
WG on Arbitrary Detention
WG on Disappearances
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea
Sp. Rapporteur on use of mercenaries
Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Independent expert older persons
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls
Independent Expert on Mali

Sexual orientation and gender identity
Children
Children rights
Racism and racial discrimination
Cultural rights
Education
Environment
Summary or arbitrary executions
Privacy
Leprosy
Extreme poverty
Disability
Minorities
Albinism
Right to food
Independence of judiciary
Traffic in persons
Migration and Human Rights
Arbitrary detention
Enforced or involuntary disappearances
Right to drinking water
Internally displaced persons
Freedom of opinion and expression
Mercenaries
Human rights defenders
Older persons
Torture and inhuman treatment
Business and human rights
Terrorism
Freedom of association
Slavery
Human Rights and International Solidarity
Health
Adequate housing
African Descent
International Order
Religious intolerance
Violence against women
Sale of children
Women

E F S R C A

Hong Kong urged not to silence peaceful protest with criminal charges

5/13/2020

Press Releases

China

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

Freedom of association
Human rights defenders
Freedom of opinion and expression

E F S R C A

Kyrgyzstan must uphold its human rights obligations and release human rights defender Azimjan Askarov, says UN expert

5/8/2020

Press Releases

Kyrgyzstan

Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers

Human rights defenders
Independence of judiciary
Minorities

E F S R C A

Human Rights: A Media Guide to the new UN independent experts (2020)

5/8/2020

Press Releases

Independent expert older persons
Independent expert on the effects of foreign debt
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Independent expert on Somalia
Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures

Older persons
External debt
Adequate housing
Slavery
Extreme poverty
Right to food
Indigenous peoples
Sexual exploitation of children
Human rights defenders
Unilateral coercive measures
Sale of children

E F S R C A

Venezuela: Health emergency no excuse to further restrict human rights, say UN experts

4/30/2020

Press Releases

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

Human rights defenders
Freedom of opinion and expression
Freedom of association
Terrorism
Health

E F S R C A

Cameroon must protect human rights defenders – UN experts

4/28/2020

Press Releases

Cameroon

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls

Human rights defenders
Summary or arbitrary executions
Freedom of opinion and expression
Violence against women
Freedom of association
Discrimination
Women

E F S R C A

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