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Saudi Arabia: UN experts welcome commutation of death sentences for three minors, urge charges be dropped GENEVA (3 March 2021) – UN human rights experts* welcomed Saudi Arabia’s recent decision to commute the death sentences given to three individuals for crimes allegedly committed when they were less than 18 years old, and urged Saudi Arabia to quash their convictions and release them. “We welcome the important announcement of the Saudi Human Rights Commission to commute the de...

UN expert: Water crisis is worsening, urgent response needed GENEVA (3 March 2021) – A UN human rights expert today called for a robust and rapid global response to the world’s worsening water crisis, saying that climate change had become a “risk multiplier” - exacerbating pollution, scarcity and disasters. “The world faces a water crisis and it is getting worse,” David Boyd, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, said in a report presented to the ...

UN experts condemn Israel’s demolition of the Palestinian village of Humsa Format GENEVA (2 March 2021) -- UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Israel to immediately end its efforts to demolish the Palestinian village of Humsa – Al Bqaia in the northern Jordan Valley, and allow the residents to live undisturbed on their lands and homes. "The ongoing destruction by the Israeli military of the homes, and the destruction and seizure of property, including humanitarian assis...

COVID-19: UN experts urge WTO cooperation on vaccines to protect global public health Format GENEVA (1 March 2021) – UN experts said today billions of people, especially in the Global South, risk being excluded from the benefits of COVID-19 immunisation until 2024 and urged rich States to end short-sighted vaccine nationalism that is fuelling a vaccine-divide and undermining worldwide recovery. “Recovery from the pandemic is impossible unless it ends for everyone. New mutating forms of the ...

USA: UN experts urge far-reaching reforms on policing and racism GENEVA (26 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the US Government to adopt wide ranging reforms to put an end to police violence, and to vigorously address systemic racism and racial discrimination. “We have repeatedly raised our concerns about the excessive force used by American police in the context of peaceful demonstrations, and the use of lethal force against individuals who did not presen...

Ministers McConalogue and Hackett announce ‘Project Woodland’ to tackle issues in forestry Workstreams with stakeholder input to deliver action on backlog and new strategy Irish Rural Link to assess community needs The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D. and the Minister of State Senator Pippa Hackett today announced ‘Project Woodland’, an initiative to tackle issues in forestry in Ireland and drive forward the plant...

Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances concludes its 123rd session Geneva, 24 February 2021 The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) concluded its 123rd session, which took place online between 15 and 19 February. During the session, the Working Group examined 31 reported cases of enforced disappearances it had transmitted under its urgent procedure since October 2020, concerning Cameroon, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Paki...

Geneva, 24 February 2021 The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) concluded its 123rd session, which took place online between 15 and 19 February. During the session, the Working Group examined 31 reported cases of enforced disappearances it had transmitted under its urgent procedure since October 2020, concerning Cameroon, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Venezuela. It also reviewe...

English News and Press Release on Malaysia about Protection and Human Rights; published on 24 Feb 2021 by UN HRC