Colombia: Experts gravely concerned by lack of truth, justice and accountability for killings and other human rights violations during 2021 National Strike

Sep 30, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

30 September 2024, GENEVA – Three years on from Colombia’s deadly national strike, independent UN experts* say there remains an urgent need to establish truth, justice and accountability for killings and other human rights violations resulting from excessive police...

Algerian Appeals Court must reverse sentence against Hirak poet Djamila Bentouis, say UN experts

Sep 30, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

30 September 2024, GENEVA – The Algerian Appeals Court must overturn Hirak poet Djamila Bentouis’ prison sentence and clear her of all charges, UN experts* said today. “We are outraged by the government’s practice, which aims to silence a political protest movement by...

Georgia must repeal discriminatory law targeting LGBT persons and human rights activists: UN experts

Sep 26, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

26 September 2024, GENEVA – The Government of Georgia should repeal the overtly discriminatory legislation recently passed by Parliament, which violates the human rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly among others, UN experts* said today. On 17...

Kenya: UN expert urges full accountability for Pakistani journalist’s killing after landmark ruling

Sep 26, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

25 September 2024, GENEVA – A UN expert said today Kenyan and Pakistani authorities must step up efforts to fully investigate the killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya and prosecute those responsible, in line with a landmark ruling by a Kenyan court....

Exploding pagers and radios: A terrifying violation of international law, say UN experts

Sep 19, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

19 September 2024, GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today condemned the malicious manipulation of thousands of electronic pagers and radios to explode simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria as “terrifying” violations of international law. The attacks reportedly...

UN experts warn international order on a knife’s edge, urge States to comply with ICJ Advisory Opinion

Sep 18, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

18 September 2024, GENEVA – Over 50 days since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its historic Advisory Opinion, declaring that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory unlawful, UN experts* are warning that the edifice of international law stands...