French GENEVA (19 January 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and international sanctions, Idriss Jazairy, welcomed the recent decision of President Barack Obama to lift most...

GENEVA (21 December 2016) – Three Special Procedures mandate holders* consider it appropriate to issue an opinion complementary to the communiqué which was published in the name of special procedures...

The right to development requires States’ action 2 December 2016 The following joint statement has been made by a group of United Nations human rights experts* to mark the 30th anniversary of the...

GENEVA (2 December 2016) – Governments must move from rhetoric to action and urgently honour their political and financial commitments to development, a group of United Nations human rights experts...

GENEVA (9 September 2016) – The United Nations expert on human rights and international sanctions, Idriss Jazairy, today called for the creation of compensation commissions under the auspices of the...

“We cannot let it go bankrupt” – Two key UN rights bodies urge crucial funding for regional rights organ GENEVA (3 June 2016) – The two largest independent bodies and mechanisms in the United Nations...

GENEVA / ISTANBUL (23 May 2016) – Humanitarian action that places human rights at its center is key to ensure protection for all victims, today said a group of rights specialists from the largest body...

Statement by Special Procedures mandate holders* of the Human Rights Council in advance of the World Humanitarian Summit GENEVA/ISTANBUL (20 May 2016) – We, a group of concerned Special Procedures...

GENEVA (19 February 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and unilateral sanctions, Idriss Jazairy, welcomed today the decision of the European Union to lift most sanctions...

GENEVA (21 January 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and unilateral sanctions, Idriss Jazairy, today welcomed the lifting of sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program by...