Strengthen preventative measures for victims of forced labour, UN expert tells United States
Dec 20, 2016, at 03:31 pm
New York, Dec 20 (Just Earth News):Following an official visit to the United States, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons is calling for improvements to legislation and additional resources to combat cases of forced labour and labour exploitation.
UN expert calls for concerted action to guarantee rights for persons with disabilities
Dec 14, 2016, at 03:03 pm
New York, Dec 14 (Just Earth News): Following the recent global commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a United Nations human rights expert on Tuesday issued a warning that some of the most basic components of the convention have yet to be realized and that urgent steps are necessary to level inequalities.
Faced with Israeli denial of access to occupied Palestinian Territory: UN expert
Jan 05, 2016, at 02:33 pm
New York, Jan 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian territories is resigning due to Israel's failure to grant him access to the areas he is tasked with monitoring.
UN expert urges Brazilian Government to ensure access to safe drinking water
Dec 09, 2015, at 03:18 pm
New York, Dec 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Hundreds of thousands of people affected in catastrophic collapse of a mining dam in southeastern Brazil still lack full access to safe drinking water and sanitation more than one month after the disaster, a United Nations expert warned on Monday, calling on the Government to urgently tackle the crisis and ensure people’s basic rights.
Nigeria must halt evictions threatening thousands with homelessness: UN expert
Nov 24, 2015, at 02:49 pm
New York, Nov 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A United Nations human rights expert on Monday called on the Nigerian Government to immediately end unlawful large-scale evictions that are threatening tens of thousands of people with homelessness even as the rainy season rages on, voicing alarm at the violence sometimes used by police.
Cambodia: Political crackdown reaching a dangerous tipping point warns UN expert
Nov 24, 2015, at 02:35 pm
New York, Nov 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Expressing deep concern about the breakdown in the dialogue between Cambodia's main political parties, a United Nations expert on Monday warned that any intensification of the current events could bring the country to a “dangerous tipping points,†especially regrading the human rights of the Cambodian people.
UN expert denounces Paris attacks as crime against humanity
Nov 18, 2015, at 03:54 pm
New York, Nov 18 (Just Earth Neews/IBNS): The United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, denounced in the strongest possible terms the 13 November terrorist attacks in Paris, saying they may constitute a crime against humanity in which people were targeted "simply for participating in cultural life."
UN expert launches survey to identify practices to protect human rights defenders
Nov 05, 2015, at 03:03 pm
New York, Nov 5 (IBNS): Human rights activists face increasing risks, a United Nations expert said on Wednesday at the launch of a worldwide survey to identify effective practices to protect human rights defenders.
Lawful civil society groups are not enemies of democracy, but key allies: UN expert
Oct 27, 2015, at 01:58 pm
New York, Oct 27 (IBNS): United Nations human rights expert Ben Emmerson on Monday urged governments across the world to ensure that civil society be included in global, co-ordinated efforts to counter the spread of terrorism.
UN expert on right to housing challenges governments to end homelessness
Oct 23, 2015, at 01:49 pm
New York, Oct 23 (IBNS): Saying human rights have been largely absent from discussions of urban development at a time when more than half the world’s population lives in cities, the UN independent expert on adequate housing on Thursday challenged governments to end homelessness and improve living conditions for all.
'Actions by States are increasingly transnational,' UN expert warns
Oct 21, 2015, at 04:49 pm
New York, Oct 21 (IBNS): The UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Méndez on Tuesday urged governments across the world not to allow a vacuum of human rights protection even when they act beyond their borders, saying "torture is torture here, there and everywhere."
UN expert warns that despite Mali's progress, security situation human rights
Oct 20, 2015, at 04:51 pm
New York, Oct 20 (IBNS): Wrapping up his recent visit to Mali, a United Nations independent expert noted positive developments on the ground but stressed that the "precarious security situation" creates an environment in which violation so of the most fundamental human rights can still occur.
Yemen: UN expert warns of deliberate starvation of civilians
Aug 12, 2015, at 02:10 pm
New York, Aug 12 (IBNS): As Yemen plunges deeper into conflict, which has left millions in need of humanitarian aid and wrecked healthcare systems, the country now finds itself in the midst of a major food crisis, a United Nations expert said on Tuesday as she expressed concern over possibly deliberate starvation of civilians.