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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Stop extradition of rights defender at risk of torture or ill-treatment, say UN experts GENEVA (10 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today urged Bosnia and Herzegovina to halt the extradition of Musaed Al Masailim to Kuwait, where he faces 87 years’ imprisonment and risks irreparable harm upon return. “We urge authorities to safeguard the rights of Mr. Al Masailim and not to expel, return or extradite him to a country where he is in danger of to...

As demand for high quality, sustainably produced food grows across the world, Scotland will be leading the charge – according to Tim Smith, Chair…

ICC ruling on jurisdiction in occupied Palestinian territory welcome step towards justice: UN expert Format GENEVA (9 February 2021) – A UN human rights expert said today the International Criminal Courts (ICC) ruling that it has jurisdiction over grave crimes committed in occupied Palestinian territory, including potential war crimes, is a major move towards ending impunity and ensuring justice. "This is a significant step forward in the quest for justice and accountability involving the una...

UN experts call for halt to contentious tourism resort in Bangladesh GENEVA (9 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* said today Bangladesh should suspend the construction of a large-scale tourist resort in the Chittagong Hills Tracts because it threatens to dispossess the indigenous Mro peoples of their traditional lands and cause serious environmental damage. The Bangladesh Army and Sikder Group conglomerate company R&R Holdings Limited started construction in September 2020 on Mro l...

Israel must end impunity for torture and ill-treatment – UN experts GENEVA (8 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today urged Israel to ensure accountability for torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment universally prohibited under international law. The call comes after the Attorney-General last month ended investigations into the Israeli Security Agency’s “enhanced interrogation techniques” used against Palestinian Samer Al-Arbeed, who was d...

Thailand: UN experts alarmed by rise in use of lèse-majesté laws GENEVA (8 February 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed grave concerns over Thailand’s increasingly severe use of lèse-majesté laws to curtail criticism of the monarchy, and said they were alarmed that a woman had been sentenced to over 43 years in prison for insulting the royal family. On 19 January, Ms. Anchan Preelert, a 60-year-old former civil servant, was handed what is believed to be the country’s ...

In addition, FIGO's specialist Committees and Working Groups embrace many aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology such as oncology, perinatal health, education, safe motherhood, medical terminology, new technology, the pathology of the breast and ethics. FIGO actively collaborates with many other global, national and regional organisations to promote the wellbeing of women and to raise the standards of practice in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Date Time UK intervention in response to Ambassadors Çevik and Grau Thank you Chair. I would like to thank Ambassador Çevik for briefing us today and Ambassador Grau for providing her update through her representative, Daniel Ricco. We are very grateful to both of you and your teams for the work you do to promote the peaceful and sustainable resolution of the conflict. While we welcome the significant reduction in violence and casualties since the 27 July, Ambassador Çevik, your report sho...

Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 03 February 2021 Format KYIV, 3 February 2021 — The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG ‎and its Working Groups held through video conferencing: “According to data of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), t...

UN Agency Makes Shocking Discovery on Human-trafficking Scourge UN Agency Makes Shocking Discovery on Human-trafficking Scourge Fresh evidence from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), is showing the complexity of many human-trafficking-related cases, in which defendants are also victims of the global scourge. It seems, they have no alternative but to obey an order, and commit a crime, or hoped to limit their own exploitation or escape poverty by playing a role in the crime. Th...