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Sudan: Khartoum massacre victims and their relatives still waiting for justice one year on

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03 Jun 2020

GENEVA (3 June 2020) – UN experts* said today that accountability and justice for the 3 June 2019 victims of the deadly attack on peaceful protesters in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, are essential for...

UN inaction denies justice for Haiti cholera victims, say UN experts

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30 Apr 2020

French GENEVA (30 April 2020) – A group of independent UN rights experts today called on Secretary-General António Guterres to urgently step up efforts to fulfill a United Nations pledge to help...

COVID-19: “No excuse for impunity for those convicted of crimes against humanity” – UN expert on transitional justice

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29 Apr 2020

Chinese | Spanish GENEVA (29 April 2020) – Urgent measures to protect against COVID-19 in overcrowded jails should not lead to impunity for persons convicted in many countries for serious violations...

Justice delayed but not denied: transitional justice in El Salvador

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02 Apr 2020

Since 2016, the UN Human Rights Office has provided technical and legal support and assistance to State institutions and officials, civil society organizations and others in El Salvador. The work is aimed at contributing to providing justice, recognition and reparations for those affected by the 12-year civil war.

“Unacceptable” – UN expert urges better protection of older persons facing the highest risk of the COVID-19 pandemic

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27 Mar 2020

Spanish GENEVA (27 March 2020) – Society has a duty to exercise solidarity and better protect older persons who are bearing the lion's share of the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN human rights expert said....

No exceptions with COVID-19: “Everyone has the right to life-saving interventions” – UN experts say

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26 Mar 2020

GENEVA (26 March 2020) – The COVID-19 crisis cannot be solved with public health and emergency measures only; all other human rights must be addressed too, UN human rights experts* said today....

“The truth about gross rights violations must be unveiled” – UN expert reminds States of their obligation

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24 Mar 2020

International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims – 24 March GENEVA (24 March 2020) – Governments have an obligation to develop the...

International Women’s Day - 8 March 2020“The time to act is now” – UN experts urge men and boys to become women’s rights defenders

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06 Mar 2020

GENEVA (6 March 2020) – A group of UN experts* has called on men around the world to be a part of movements for gender equality and become women´s human rights defenders. "Now more than ever," they...

International Women’s Day Statement by United Nations Human Rights Experts*6 March 2020

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06 Mar 2020

Twenty-five years after the Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women, no country in the world is free from discrimination against women Women's and girls' activism and autonomous movements have been...

Mexico: UN experts regret impunity for crimes of “dirty war”

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29 Nov 2019

GENEVA (29 November 2019) – A group of UN human rights experts* deplored the lack of significant progress in the implementation of the judgement issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 10...