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Italy: UN experts condemn criminalisation of migrant rescues and threats to the independence of judiciary

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18 Jul 2019

GENEVA (18 July 2019) – UN human rights experts* have expressed grave concern over the detention and criminal proceedings in Italy against the German captain of the migrant rescue vessel Sea-Watch 3...

UN experts to US: “Release migrant children from detention and stop using them to deter irregular migration”

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22 Jun 2018

GENEVA (22 June 2018) - The executive order signed by the US President on 20 June 2018 fails to address the situation of thousands of migrant children forcibly separated from their parents and held in...

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March 2018

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20 Mar 2018

“Unashamed bigotry”: Rise in racism and xenophobia is alarming, say UN rights experts GENEVA (20 March 2018) – UN and regional human rights experts* have urged States, civil society organisations and...

UN experts urge UAE to quash the death sentence against a woman migrant domestic worker

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30 Mar 2017

GENEVA (30 March 2017) - A group of UN human rights experts* are calling on the Government of the United Arab Emirates to prevent the execution of a woman who was convicted of killing her male...

Open statement Habitat III: Shift towards a New Urban Agenda based on human rights

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12 Oct 2016

Spanish Geneva, 13 October 2016 As independent human rights experts 1 / appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, we welcome the first XXI century global gathering to discuss urbanization and its...