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Widespread use of torture by Russian military in Ukraine appears deliberate: UN expert

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15 Jun 2023

GENEVA (15 June 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards today expressed alarm at reports and testimonies which appear to indicate that Russian military forces in Ukraine are...

UN expert panel calls for new international standards on private military and security companies

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15 Sep 2017

GENEVA (15 September 2017) – A United Nations expert group has urged States to establish a comprehensive, legally binding instrument to regulate private military and security companies (PMSCs). The...

Foreign fighters: emerging challenge for human rights

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20 Apr 2016

With an estimated 30,000 people fighting in armed conflicts outside their country of residence, States need guidance and information on how to deal with this emerging trend and its implications for communities.

Arms Trade Treaty – UN human rights experts urge all States to ratify it and consider disarmament

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23 Dec 2014

GENEVA (23 December 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts urged all Governments around the world to ratify the landmark United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that will enter into force...

Colombia: UN experts call on the authorities to reconsider the constitutional reform of military criminal justice

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22 Oct 2012

GENEVA (22 October 2012) – Eleven United Nations human rights experts have called on the Government and the Congress of Colombia to reconsider the proposed reform of the country’s Political...

Human Rights Council extends mandates on Housing, Indigenous People, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism and Mercenaries

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30 Sep 2010

Human Rights Council MORNING 30 September 2010 Adopts Presidential Statement on Haiti which Extends Mission of Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti until September 2011 The Human Rights Council...

Mercenaries: UN expert panel pushes for stronger regulation of private military and security companies

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23 Jul 2010

GENEVA (23 July 2010) – The UN Working Group* on the Use of Mercenaries will push forward its proposal for a possible international convention on the regulation of activities of Private Military and...

“It’s high time to close the legal gap for private military and security contractors” – UN expert body on mercenaries

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30 Apr 2010

(Key reasons to create an international convention on private military and security companies) GENEVA – The UN Working Group* on the use of mercenaries is appealing for broader support towards the...

UN experts raise concerns over alleged use of mercenaries in Honduras

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09 Oct 2009

　 GENEVA (9 October 2009) – The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries * expressed its concerns today, about reports that former paramilitaries from Colombia have been recently...

EXPERT GROUP ON MERCENARIES CONCLUDES VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN

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08 Apr 2009

8 April 2009 The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, represented by Amada Benavides de Perez and...