Venezuela must stop human rights violations following elections, say experts

Sep 4, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

4 September 2024, GENEVA – A group of independent experts* expressed grave concern about allegations of serious human rights violations in the context of Venezuela’s 28 July presidential election. Several monitoring bodies, including electoral observers invited by the...

Iran: UN experts alarmed by surge in executions, demand moratorium on death penalty

Sep 2, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

2 September 2024, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed alarm over a surge in executions during the month of August 2024 and urged the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately stop the execution of people facing the death penalty. At least 93 individuals were...

New morality law affirms Taliban’s regressive agenda, experts call for concerted action

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

30 August 2024, GENEVA – UN human rights experts* voiced profound concern today over the Taliban’s recent enactment of the “Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice,” signalling further serious regression in human rights in Afghanistan...

Sudan: Experts call for immediate support for survivors of gender-based violence and an end to targeting of women first responders and human rights defenders

Aug 30, 2024 | News, Top-line

30 August 2024, GENEVA – UN experts* warned today of the devastating lack of adequate care for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Sudan, including sexual and reproductive health care and psychosocial care, alongside the targeting of human rights...

Zambia must immediately halt downward spiral of infringements on fundamental freedoms: UN experts

Aug 29, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

29 August 2024, GENEVA – Independent experts* today expressed concern about multiple allegations of arbitrary arrests and detentions on charges of, inter alia, unlawful assembly, espionage, hate speech and seditious practices against opposition political party leaders...

Experts condemn misuse of counter-terrorism law against Montagnards in Viet Nam

Aug 28, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

28 August 2024, GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today expressed alarm about the discriminatory misuse of counter-terrorism law by the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam against Montagnard Indigenous Peoples and Christian religious minorities in the country’s...