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Argentina: UN committees welcome decision to repeal deportation decree

3/24/2021

Press Releases

Argentina

Committee on Migrant Workers
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Committee against Torture

Migration and Human Rights

E F S R C A

Migrants: Guidance on equitable access to COVID-19 vaccine

3/8/2021

Press Releases

Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

Coronavirus disease 2019
Migration and Human Rights

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

Malaysia: UN experts appalled by deportation of migrants to Myanmar despite court order

2/24/2021

Press Releases

Malaysia

Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
WG on Arbitrary Detention

Torture and inhuman treatment
Migration and Human Rights
Arbitrary detention

E F S R C A

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Stop extradition of rights defender at risk of torture or ill-treatment, say UN experts

2/10/2021

Press Releases

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
WG on Arbitrary Detention

Torture and inhuman treatment
Migration and Human Rights
Freedom of opinion and expression
Arbitrary detention

E F S R C A

Syria: UN experts urge 57 States to repatriate women and children from squalid camps

2/8/2021

Press Releases

Syrian Arab Republic

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
WG on Arbitrary Detention
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children
Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls
Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food

Terrorism
Arbitrary detention
Summary or arbitrary executions
Torture and inhuman treatment
Traffic in persons
Right to drinking water
Migration and Human Rights
Sale of children
Truth justice and reparation
Women
Privacy
Minorities
Right to food

E F S R C A

Italy failed to rescue more than 200 migrants, UN Committee finds

1/27/2021

Press Releases

Italy

Human Rights Committee

Migration and Human Rights

E F S R C A

Spain: Power outages put children’s lives at risk in informal settlement – UN experts

12/22/2020

Press Releases

Spain

Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

Disability
Adequate housing
Education
Right to food
Health
Migration and Human Rights
Minorities
Extreme poverty
Right to drinking water

E F S R C A

International Migrants Day
Video message by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet

12/18/2020

Statements/Messages

High Commissioner for Human Rights

Migration and Human Rights

E F S R C A

Migrants must be included in all COVID-19 recovery plans – UN and regional experts

12/17/2020

Press Releases

Committee on Migrant Workers
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children

Migrant workers
Migration and Human Rights
Traffic in persons
Trafficking

E F S R C A

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