STATEMENTS
The international community must “walk the talk” on the safety and security of women and girls in times of armed conflict: UN experts
The international community must redouble its efforts to ensure the full protection of women and girls in times of armed conflict, UN experts* said.
Speaking out on Gaza / Israel must be allowed: UN experts
UN experts* expressed alarm at the worldwide wave of attacks, reprisals, criminalisation and sanctions against those who publicly express solidarity with the victims of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Philippines: UN experts welcome release of former senator Leila De Lima on bail
17 November 2023 – UN experts today welcomed the release of former senator Leila De Lima from prison after nearly seven years of incarceration in the Philippines.
Gaza: UN experts call on international community to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people
16 November 2023 – Grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to a genocide in the making, UN experts said today.
UN experts urge Bangladesh to seize Human Rights Council review as opportunity to address deteriorating human rights situation
14 November 2023 – The severe crackdown against workers demanding fair wages and political activists calling for free and fair elections, judicial harassment of journalists, human rights defenders and civil society leaders, and failure to reform laws suppressing freedom of expression in Bangladesh are grave concerns, UN experts said today, as the Human Rights Council completed its periodic review of the human rights situation in the country.
Nicaragua: UN experts urge freedom for Bishop Álvarez after 12 Catholic priests were released
7 November 2023 – UN experts today demanded an end to the arbitrary detention of the Bishop of Matagalpa, Monsignor Rolando José Álvarez, following the release of 12 Catholic priests on 18 October 2023.
Gaza is ‘running out of time’ UN experts warn, demanding a ceasefire to prevent genocide
2 November 2023 – Time is running out to prevent genocide and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, UN experts warned today, expressing deep frustration with Israel’s refusal to halt plans to decimate the besieged Gaza strip.
Honduras National Protection Mechanism must address violence, smear campaigns and criminalisation of human rights defenders and journalists: UN expert
31 October 2023 — The legal and judicial system in Honduras has failed to ensure justice and accountability for the most serious crimes and threats to the safety of human rights defenders, journalists and social communicators.
UN experts say Sri Lanka’s counter-terrorism bill fails to heed their recommendations, status quo fundamentally unchanged
18 October 2023 – Sri Lanka’s new proposed counter-terrorism legislation does not go far enough to remedy the defects of the country’s draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), UN experts said today, urging the Government to ensure the new law meets international human rights standards.
There must be no trade-off between women’s right to be safe and their right to speak
Gendered disinformation is a coordinated strategy to silence women and gender non-conforming voices and drive them out of public life and online spaces, Irene Khan told the United Nations in New York today.
Israel/occupied Palestinian territory: UN experts deplore attacks on civilians, call for truce and urge international community to address root causes of violence
12 October 2023 – UN independent experts* today unequivocally condemned targeted and deadly violence directed at civilians in Israel and violent and indiscriminate attacks against Palestinian civilians in Gaza and a further tightening of the unlawful blockade, which will have devastating impacts on the whole civilian population.
China/Hong Kong SAR: UN experts concerned about ongoing trials and arrest warrants under National Security Legislation
9 October 2023 – UN experts today expressed serious concern about the first mass trial of 47 people underway since February 2023 under the National Security Legislation (NSL) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the issuance of arrest warrants and bounties against pro-democracy figures from the Hong Kong SAR currently in exile overseas.