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Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Christof Heyns.
Jean-Marc Ferré

UN human rights expert urges global pause in creation of robots with ‘power to kill’

30 May 2013
A pause in progress to “a world where machines are given the power to kill humans,” was urged today by a United Nations independent human rights expert who called for a global moratorium on the development and deployment of lethal autonomous robots (LARs).
Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Gabriela Knaul.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

UN rights expert urges Russia to ensure independence of judiciary

26 April 2013
An independent United Nations human rights expert has urged the Russian Government to take specific measures to guarantee the independence and impartiality of the justice system, while noting positive developments in the promotion and protection of human rights in the country.
Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Gabriela Knaul.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Dismissal of Honduran Supreme Court judges an attack on democracy – UN expert

29 January 2013
A United Nations independent expert today expressed grave concern over the decision by the Honduran Congress to dismiss four Supreme Court judges, and called on the Government to reconsider its decision.