UN Expert Reports on Human Rights Situation in Cambodia
The expert urged the Cambodian government to adopt a ten-point “Cambodian Human Rights Action Agenda”. A UN expert has issued a 10-point human rights agenda to improve the human rights…
UN Experts Denounce Withdrawal of Belarus from Aarhus Convention
Measures for the protection of environmental human rights defenders are urgently needed in Belarus and elsewhere in the Aarhus space. A group of UN human rights experts denounced on August…
UN Fails to Stop Executions of Human Rights Activists by Myanmar Junta
With reports of executions in Myanmar, the UN Human Rights office has admitted that it has failed to save the lives of peaceful protesters in Myanmar. By Rakesh Raman The…
UN Expert Urges Philippines to Stop Crackdown on Press Freedom
The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan condemned on July 14 the Philippines Court of Appeal decision to uphold the 2020 ‘cyber libel’ conviction of…
UN HRC Petition to Remove NHRC Chairman Arun Kumar Mishra
Petition to Remove and Prosecute Arun Kumar Mishra, Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India To
Over 306,000 Civilians Killed in Syria Conflict: UN Report
The report sets out the challenges in recording casualties during a conflict. The UN Human Rights Office has published a report which estimates that 306,887 civilians were killed between 1…