Sep 28, 2023 | Statements
GENEVA (27 September 2023) – Without universal and meaningful connectivity for all, the right to information is an empty promise for billions of people around the world, said Irene Khan, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression. Ahead of the...
Aug 15, 2023 | Statements
25 July 2023 – UN human rights experts* expressed alarm about the recent adoption of amendments to the criminal code in the Republika Srpska entity that re-criminalise defamation and risk to adversely impact freedom of expression in Bosnia and Herzegovina and...
Jul 28, 2023 | Statements
28 July 2023 – UN experts* today voiced their concern at disinformation by a media outlet concerning a Human Rights Council event about women’s and girls’ rights in Afghanistan in June. They issued the following statement: “We are dismayed that a media outlet named...
Jul 26, 2023 | Statements
26 July 2023 – The international community must take steps to prevent Israel’s annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory or risk being seen as accepting the Israeli Government’s systematic violation of international law, UN experts said today. “Israel’s...
