United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs

UN special Rapporteur Rhona Smith's request to meet with jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha in a Tbong Khmum prison was rejected by an investigating judge who cited “important tasks” that needed to be completed before outsiders were allowed such access. The rejection, which was issued on ...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights will undertake a human rights fact-finding visit to Ghana. Professor Philip Alston will visit from April 9-18, 2018 to assess government efforts to eradicate poverty through the lens of international human rights law. During his 10-day ...

At the end of a week-long visit, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, said the new administration's commitment to freedom of expression deserves the strong support and encouragement of all sectors of Liberian society and ...

The UK government may have failed to comply with its international human rights obligations over the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 79 people and left hundreds homeless, the United Nations' housing investigator has said. Leilani Farha, the UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, told the ...

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein says Rodrigo Duterte should submit himself to psychiatric evaluation after the ... The Philippine government claims the UN's special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, is a member of a Maoist rebel group.

It is time for the United Nations to formally recognise the right to a healthy environment, according to the world body's chief investigator of murders, beatings and intimidation of environmental defenders. John Knox, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment, said the momentum for such ...

The United Nations and the Philippine government have come to blows over the treatment of human rights investigators, with a UN chief saying the country's ... Among them was the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, for allegedly being a senior member of the ...

MANILA - A U.N. special rapporteur, a former Philippine lawmaker and four former Catholic priests are among more than 600 alleged communist guerrillas the Philippines wants declared "terrorists", according to a government petition filed in court. The justice ministry last month announced it wanted a ...

FILE: Keo Remy, President of Cambodian Human Rights Commission talks journalists after met Ms. Rhona Smith, the U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, at Cambodia Human Rights Commission, on 8th August, 2017. (Kann Vicheika/VOA Khmer). Remy of the CHRC told ...

EXPERTS. United Nations special rapporteurs, such as Agnes Callamard, are tasked to monitor human rights conditions around the world. ... The Duterte administration has been flip-flopping on the issues of experts visiting the country – blasting Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, ...