Apr 17, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
17 April 2025, GENEVA – A UN expert* expressed serious concern about the approval of amendments to the law concerning the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI), as well as statements against Peruvian civil society organisations made at the event of its...
Apr 16, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
16 April 2025, GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Bhutan to release 32 individuals imprisoned for decades after reportedly protesting against the mistreatment of the Nepali-speaking minority in Bhutan. Following incidents in the 1990s...
Apr 14, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
14 April 2025, GENEVA – As the conflict in Sudan reaches the two-year mark, UN human rights experts raised alarm that widespread starvation and a distressing surge in acute malnutrition are unfolding. “Sudan is experiencing the most extreme hunger crisis globally,”...
Apr 14, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
14 April 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today called on the Italian Government to rescind the decree adopted abruptly on 4 April to enact a security bill that was being discussed and criticised in the Senate, which includes provisions that are not aligned with...
Apr 11, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
11 April 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today welcomed the unilateral ceasefire declared by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on 1 March 2025, after more than 40 years of conflict with Türkiye. “After so much bloodshed and insecurity, we urge the PKK and the Turkish...
