UN Special Procedures

UN experts call on Member States to engage with Special Procedures in good faith and respect independence and integrity of #humanrights mechanisms. “Attacking the messenger does not discredit the accuracy of the evidence."

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UN expert @UNSRVAW visit to #SaudiArabia to be rescheduled in light of regional developments. “I appreciate the Government’s continued engagement and look forward to undertaking this important visit at a mutually suitable time.”

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#Egypt: UN experts condemn arrest, disappearance and detention of entire newsroom crew which signals yet another setback for civic space that is already shrinking. “An egregious example of a severe and relentless crackdown on independent voices.”

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#Nepal must put transitional justice at centre of its national agenda, says expert @BernardDuhaime. Government must seize the momentum to advance agenda that delivers on rights to truth, justice, reparation, memorialisation & guarantees of non-recurrence.

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#Australia’s global leadership must be underpinned by ambitious human rights-based climate action, say UN experts. “Global leadership should be backed up by the highest level of ambition domestically and internationally, in climate change mitigation."

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