GENEVA (18 September 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Government of Ethiopia to stop misusing anti-terrorism legislation to curb freedoms of expression and...

GENEVA (19 August 2014) – United Nations human rights experts* today condemned the growing tendency to prosecute prominent human rights defenders in Azerbaijan, and urged the Government “to show...

Egypt: UN Experts “outraged” at confirmation of 183 death sentences GENEVA (30 June 2014) – A group of UN human rights experts* expressed outrage after a Criminal Court in Minya, Egypt, confirmed...

GENEVA (30 May 2014) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts* today emphasized that the UN Security Council’s decision not to refer the situation in Syria to the International...

BANJUL / GENEVA (15 May 2014) – A group of African and UN human rights experts* today called on the Egyptian authorities to bring its legal system into compliance with international and regional...

جينيف (31 آذار/مارس 2014)- حثت مجموعة تضم ثمانية من خبراء الأمم المتحدة لحقوق الإنسان السلطات المصرية اليوم على نقض أحكام الإعدام التي صدرت في مصر الأسبوع الماضي بحق 529 شخصا، وطالب الخبراء السلطات...

Agenda Item 3 11 March 2014 Geneva Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, The report that I am presenting today arises out of an inquiry that began in January of last year into...

GENEVA (24 December 2013) – Two United Nations independent human rights experts today welcomed the publication of parts of Sir Peter Gibson’s interim report, an official investigation into the extent...

LONDON (19 December 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of human rights while countering terrorism, Ben Emmerson, today welcomed the publication of parts of...