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Mutuma Ruteere.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Australian indigenous “disproportionally represented” in justice system

19 December 2016
General News

Indigenous people in Australia are “disproportionally represented” in the country’s criminal justice system according to a United Nations rights expert.

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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Magdalena Sepúlveda

UN experts speak out against Hungarian law criminalizing homelessness

15 February 2012
Two independent United Nations human rights experts today issued a joint call on Hungary to revise recent laws that criminalize homelessness and potentially imprison those living on the streets.
Human Rights Council in session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Venezuela: UN human rights experts voice alarm at extended detention of judge

27 December 2011
Three independent United Nations human rights experts today expressed their alarm at the decision of Venezuelan authorities to extend the house arrest of a judge for another two years, saying it was concerned about her physical and mental health.

New laws in Belarus threaten basic human rights, UN experts say

24 November 2011
United Nations human rights experts spoke out today against newly adopted legislative amendments in Belarus, warning that the changes could severely curtail basic rights such as those of freedom of assembly, association and expression.
Gabriela Knaul

After Brazilian judge is slain, UN human rights expert calls for more protection

19 August 2011
A United Nations human rights expert today called on Brazilian authorities to take immediate steps to better protect the country’s judges, magistrates, prosecutors, public defenders and other lawyers in the wake of the recent assassination of a high-profile judge.
Gabriela Knaul

UN rights expert welcomes new French law on arrests by police

14 June 2011
A United Nations human rights expert today welcomed the entry into force in France of a law that allows individuals the right to have a lawyer present at the time one is being taken into police custody or during interrogation.
Frank La Rue, Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Hungary: UN expert on press freedom concerned by media law

5 April 2011
The United Nations independent expert on the right to freedom of opinion and expression today voiced concern over Hungary’s recent controversial media law, saying it could be used to curb the freedom of the press.
Amb. Sihasak Phuangketkeow of Thailand, president of the 47-member body

Thai diplomat chosen as next head of UN Human Rights Council

21 June 2010
Thailand’s Ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva was today named as the newest President of the UN Human Rights Council, the panel established in 2006 to tackle human rights violations worldwide.
President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh of Gambia

UN experts sound the alarm for safety of human rights defenders in the Gambia

9 October 2009
United Nations independent experts today voiced deep concern for the security of human rights defenders attending a meeting next month in the Gambia after the country’s President recently made reported threats to kill them.
Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Torture is rife in Equatorial Guinea’s prisons, says UN expert

19 November 2008
Detainees kept in police custody in Equatorial Guinea are victims of systematic torture, and prisoners suffer inhuman conditions, an independent United Nations human rights expert said in a press statement today, blaming a break down in the country’s judicial system.