261 communications found
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Observations regarding the draft law entitled the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025” (the “Bill”), which was re‑introduced in Parliament in February 2026 and is currently open for public submissions. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the Government’s decision of 6 November 2025 to establish a “Faculty of Serbian Studies” by removing the departments of History, Serbian Language and Literature, and Russian Language and Literature from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Niš, without the involvement or consent of the competent university bodies. We also note that this action appears to form part of a broader pattern of measures affecting academic freedom and the independence of academic institutions in Serbia.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Concerns regarding the Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union, and repealing Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and the Council, Council Directive 2001/40/EC and Council Decision 2004/191/EC, which may have negative impacts on the human rights of migrants and asylum seekers, including children and those in vulnerable situations.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the adoption of restrictive measures by the European Union against academics, scientists and analysts in connection with opinions they expressed in academic publications, at conferences and in mass media. We are concerned that these measures have a detrimental effect on the enjoyment of human rights such the right to freedom of expression, the right to education, scientific and academic freedoms, the right to participate in cultural life, including the right to participate in science, the right to development and others.Alleged victims: - More details... |
18 Mar 2026 |
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Information concerning various initiatives which undermine efforts to achieve justice, truth and reparation for victims of gross human rights violations and contribute to perpetuate impunity. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning alleged extrajudicial killings, detentions and excessive use of force by Nepalese security forces during youth-led demonstrations held on 8 and 9 September 2025 in Nepal, which resulted in multiple deaths and injuries among peaceful protesters, including students and schoolchildren.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Informations reçues concernant de graves allégations de violations systématiques des droits humains à l’encontre du Peuple Autochtone Batwa, notamment une discrimination et une stigmatisation persistantes inscrites dans la législation, ainsi que certaines pratiques, qui se manifestent par un accès limité à la terre et aux ressources naturelles, des conditions de vie précaires, une sous-représentation dans l’administration territoriale, une augmentation préoccupante du nombre de Batwa en prison ou en détention, des obstacles généralisés à l’accès à la justice en raison de la négligence de la police face à leurs plaintes, et une marginalisation des femmes Batwa.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Informations reçues concernant les mesures punitives imposées à des étudiants pour avoir participé à une manifestation pacifique à l'ETH Zurich en solidarité avec le peuple palestinien, qui a donné lieu à des poursuites pénales à leur encontre. Nous sommes également préoccupés par des rapports fondés sur des preuves alléguant une coopération entre l'ETH Zurich et des universités israéliennes qui font partie du complexe militaro-industriel, facilitant potentiellement le transfert de connaissances et de technologies susceptibles d'être utilisées pour commettre de graves violations du droit international humanitaire et du droit international des droits de l'homme, y compris des crimes de guerre, des crimes contre l'humanité et le crime de génocide, dans le territoire palestinien occupé. Alleged victims: 16 More details... |
11 Feb 2026 |
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Informations reçues concernant les mesures punitives imposées à des étudiants pour avoir participé à une manifestation pacifique à l'ETH Zurich en solidarité avec le peuple palestinien, qui a donné lieu à des poursuites pénales à leur encontre. Nous sommes également préoccupés par des rapports fondés sur des preuves alléguant une coopération entre l'ETH Zurich et des universités israéliennes qui font partie du complexe militaro-industriel, facilitant potentiellement le transfert de connaissances et de technologies susceptibles d'être utilisées pour commettre de graves violations du droit international humanitaire et du droit international des droits de l'homme, y compris des crimes de guerre, des crimes contre l'humanité et le crime de génocide, dans le territoire palestinien occupé. Alleged victims: 16 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the bill “On Amendments to Codes on Issues of Administrative Liability” (hereafter, “the bill”) which proposes introducing administrative liability for “propaganda of homosexuality, sex change, childlessness, and pedophilia”.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning allegations of ongoing violations of the right to health, the rights of the child, child-protection and care-provision procedural failings and non-compliance with international and national legal frameworks, and racial discrimination against Black British citizens Ms. India-Alana Doris, born 16 May 1986 in the United Kingdom (U.K.) as a grandchild of Windrush immigrants, and her son born 17 May 2022 in the U.K. We wish to urgently bring to your Excellency’s attention our deep concern about the real, imminent risks of irreparable harm that these allegations pose to the health of mother and child under the responsibility of Southwark Council and in relation to the obligations of your Excellency’s Government under international human rights law and standards.Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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Information received concerning allegations of separation of children from their families in the context of detentions and deportations of Venezuelan nationals from the United States. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Potential human rights violations arising from Sudan’s severe fiscal and debt crisis and their direct impact on the State’s capacity to fulfil fundamental human rights obligations.Alleged victims: 50000000 More details... | |
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Information reçues sur l’arrestation l’arrestation de responsables étudiants, d’activistes et de défenseurs des droits humains entre juin et septembre 2025, notamment M. Armand Agbleze, M. Osei Agbagno, M. Yawo Atitso, M. Julien Komandéga Kataka, M. Abdoul Zoulkaneini Lamboni, Mme Chimène Akou Apevon, M. Mario Junior Zodji et M. Bertin Bandiangou.Alleged victims: 8 More details... | |
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Information received concerning Senate Bill 2233 (“the Bill”), introduced on 10 March 2025 in the 89th Texas Legislature and passed by the Senate on 15 April 2025. On 23 May 2025 it was referred to the House Higher Education Committee, where it remains pending. We note that under the law of State responsibility, a federal State is responsible for violations of international law by its territorial units, and that a State may not rely on internal law as justification for failure to comply with its international obligations (International Law Commission (ILC), Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts 2001, articles 4 and 32 respectively).Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received regarding the alleged arbitrary arrest and physical assault of students who were assembling peacefully at Columbia University on 7 May 2025, as well as the surveillance, detention and attempted removal of non-citizen students and scholars at various universities for peacefully protesting and speaking about the Gaza conflict. We are highly concerned over reports that students were arrested, suspended, and expelled, and lost their university accommodation, campus access, and their immigration status merely because of assembling peacefully to express their solidarity with victims of the conflict in Gaza.Alleged victims: 13 More details... | |
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Information received regarding Ms. Rümeysa Öztürk, a Ph.D. candidate at Tufts University, as well as the cases of Mr. Mohsen Mahdawi, Mr. Mahmoud Khalil, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, Mr. Momodou Taal, Mr. Amandla Thomas-Johnson, Ms. Yunseo Chung, Mr. Mohammed Hoque, and Ms. Leqaa Kordia, who have reportedly been subjected to surveillance, arrest, detention, or forced departure in retaliation for their peaceful expression and advocacy related to the Gaza conflict. These individuals, many of whom held valid immigration status, have faced violations of their rights to liberty, due process, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, religion, and access to justice. Reports indicate a pattern of arbitrary detention, transfers to remote facilities, denial of medical care, religious discrimination, and the use of unsubstantiated national security justifications to initiate removal proceedings.Alleged victims: 13 More details... |
28 Jan 2026 |
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Information received regarding Mr. Mohammed Hoque, a student at Minnesota State University, as well as the cases of Ms. Rümeysa Öztürk, Mr. Mohsen Mahdawi, Mr. Mahmoud Khalil, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, Mr. Momodou Taal, Mr. Amandla Thomas-Johnson, Ms. Yunseo Chung, and Ms. Leqaa Kordia, who have reportedly been subjected to surveillance, arrest, detention, or forced departure in retaliation for their peaceful expression and advocacy related to the Gaza conflict. These individuals, many of whom held valid immigration status, have faced violations of their rights to liberty, due process, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, religion, and access to justice. Reports indicate a pattern of arbitrary detention, transfers to remote facilities, denial of medical care, religious discrimination, and the use of unsubstantiated national security justifications to initiate removal proceedings.Alleged victims: 13 More details... | |
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Information received regarding Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a scholar at Georgetown University, as well as the cases of Ms. Rümeysa Öztürk, Mr. Mohsen Mahdawi, Mr. Mahmoud Khalil, Mr. Momodou Taal, Mr. Amandla Thomas-Johnson, Ms. Yunseo Chung, Mr. Mohammed Hoque, and Ms. Leqaa Kordia, who have reportedly been subjected to surveillance, arrest, detention, or forced departure in retaliation for their peaceful expression and advocacy related to the Gaza conflict. These individuals, many of whom held valid immigration status, have faced violations of their rights to liberty, due process, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, religion, and access to justice. Reports indicate a pattern of arbitrary detention, transfers to remote facilities, denial of medical care, religious discrimination, and the use of unsubstantiated national security justifications to initiate removal proceedings.Alleged victims: 13 More details... |
12 Dec 2025 |
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Information received regarding the cases of Mr. Momodou Taal and Mr. Amandla Thomas-Johnson, Ph.D. candidates at Cornell University, as well as the cases of Ms. Rümeysa Öztürk, Mr. Mohsen Mahdawi, Mr. Mahmoud Khalil, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, Ms. Yunseo Chung, Mr. Mohammed Hoque, and Ms. Leqaa Kordia, who have reportedly been subjected to surveillance, arrest, detention, or forced departure in retaliation for their peaceful expression and advocacy related to the Gaza conflict. These individuals, many of whom held valid immigration status, have faced violations of their rights to liberty, due process, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, religion, and access to justice. Reports indicate a pattern of arbitrary detention, transfers to remote facilities, denial of medical care, religious discrimination, and the use of unsubstantiated national security justifications to initiate removal proceedings.Alleged victims: 13 More details... |
05 Feb 2026 |
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Information received regarding the alleged arbitrary arrest and physical assault of students who were assembling peacefully at Columbia University on 7 May 2025, as well as the surveillance, detention and attempted removal of non-citizen students and scholars at various universities for peacefully protesting and speaking about the Gaza conflict. We are highly concerned over reports that students were arrested, suspended, and expelled, and lost their university accommodation, campus access, and their immigration status merely because of assembling peacefully to express their solidarity with victims of the conflict in Gaza.Alleged victims: 13 More details... | |
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Information received concerning two coordinated counter-terrorism operations conducted on 7 May 2024 and 6 May 2025, resulting in the arrests of 55 and 208 individuals respectively, mostly women, students, and young people. These operations appear to reflect a broader pattern of unjustifiably criminalising the otherwise lawful activities of children, students, and individuals with alleged familial or social links to the Gülen (Hizmet) movement.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
05 Dec 2025 |
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Information received concerning the imminent deportation of Mr. Khairullah Khaliq and of Ms. Mursal, together with their respective families, within the wider context of an ongoing mass refoulement of Afghan nationals from Pakistan, under the "Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan" (IFRP) of 2023. Such deportation would place them at risk of irreparable harm and grave human rights violations, in particular with regards to their rights to life, liberty and security of the person, physical integrity, their right to education and more generally their economic, social and cultural rights, as well as their right to be free from discrimination and persecution, including persecution on grounds of gender. Women and girls are at heightened risk and face further violations including restrictions on the freedom of movement. Alleged victims: 2100004 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con la presunta grave violación del derecho humano al agua potable, el derecho a una vivienda adecuada, el derecho a un medio ambiente limpio, saludable y sostenible y derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, que afecta a los habitantes de la aldea de Santa Cruz de Chinautla, municipio de Chinautla, en el departamento de Guatemala, habitado principalmente por el Pueblo Indígena Maya Poqomam. Alleged victims: 20000 More details... |
02 Dec 2025 |
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Observations concerning the draft legislation to amend the Constitution of the Slovak Republic (Draft constitutional law amending and supplementing the Constitution of the Slovak Republic No. 460/1992 Coll., as amended), which was introduced by the Government of the Slovak Republic on 7 March 2025, and passed on first reading by the National Council of the Slovak Republic on 9 April 2025. Following its initial reading, it was then supplemented by two Amending and Supplementing Proposals by Members of the National Council of the Slovak Republic to the Government Draft of the Constitutional Act of ... 2025, amending and supplementing the Constitution of the Slovak Republic No. 460/1992 Coll., as amended (Parliamentary print No. 733).Alleged victims: - More details... |
24 Sep 2025 |
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Information received concerning alleged violations of academic freedom, university autonomy, and the right to education within the context of the recent protests in Serbia. These allegations include actions that undermine the right to education, freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of expression, and the right to privacy, particularly affecting students and academic staff. Additionally, we have received reports of violence against peaceful protestors and the stigmatization of peaceful assemblies, student movements, human rights defenders, journalists and, in general, civil society actors and social movements. Alleged victims: 300 More details... | |
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Information, including follow-up on previous communications, concerning 17 Khmer Krom individuals, including human rights defenders, activists, Theravada Buddhist monks and followers, including Venerable Thach Chanh Da Ra, Mr. Kim Khiem, Mr. Thach Ve Sanal, Venerable Duong Khai, Venerable Thach Quy Lay, Venerable Kim Sa Ruong, Venerable Thach Chop, Mr. Thach Nha, Mr. Kim Khu, Venerable Kim Som Rinh, Mr. Thach Nga, Mr. Thach Xuan Dong, Mr. Danh Minh Quang, Mr. To Hoang Chuong, Mr. Thach Cuong, Mr. Danh Set and Mr. Lam Vong, who have been arbitrarily arrested and deprived of their liberty for ostensibly exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief, freedom of expression and opinion, freedom of association and assembly, and their linguistic and cultural rights, sentenced based on vague legal provisions, and in some cases, allegedly subjected to torture and other forms of ill-treatment during pretrial detention.Alleged victims: 17 More details... |
07 Oct 2025 |
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Información recibidoen relación con la cancelación de la personalidad jurídica de la Universidad Centroamericana de Managua (UCA), su cierre y la confiscación de sus instalaciones tras ser considerada "centro de terrorismo". Estas medidas, aparentemente adoptadas sin las debidas garantías procesales, se enmarcan en un contexto más amplio de cancelación de la personalidad jurídica de miles de organizaciones sin fines de lucro, incluidas entidades académicas, religiosas y de la sociedad civil. Nos preocupa que estas medidas parecen violar derechos y libertades fundamentales, en particular los derechos a la educación, al trabajo, a la libertad de expresión, de pensamiento, de conciencia, de religión, de asociación y a la libertad académica. Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the dispersal of peaceful protests against the war in Gaza and universities’ ties with companies implicated in alleged war crimes and the arrests of peaceful student protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles.Alleged victims: 200 More details... |
28 Aug 2025 |
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Information received concerning the dispersal of peaceful protests against the war in Gaza and universities’ ties with companies implicated in alleged war crimes and the arrests of peaceful student protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles.Alleged victims: 200 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the Law Prohibiting the Employment of Teaching Staff and Denial of Budget from Educational Institutions Due to Identification with a Terrorist Act or a Terrorist Organization (Legislative Amendments), 5785 2024, enacted on 7 November 2024 (“Law”). Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning new allegations of grave violations of the rights of Indigenous Peoples and of other affected communities near or inside Ruaha National Park (RUNAPA) in Tanzania, in the Great Ruaha River Basin. Alleged human rights violations include the threat of forced evictions, involuntary resettlement, prohibition of access to farm and grazing lands, cattle seizure, excessive use of force, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings by Tanzania National Parks Authorities (TANAPA). RUNAPA was one of the parks involved in the Resilient Natural Resource Management Tourism and Growth (REGROW) project, which was funded by the World Bank with the aim of developing protected areas to increase tourism in southern Tanzania. Alleged victims: 84800 More details... | |
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Information received concerning new allegations of grave violations of the rights of Indigenous Peoples and of other affected communities near or inside Ruaha National Park (RUNAPA) in Tanzania, in the Great Ruaha River Basin. Alleged human rights violations include the threat of forced evictions, involuntary resettlement, prohibition of access to farm and grazing lands, cattle seizure, excessive use of force, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings by Tanzania National Parks Authorities (TANAPA). RUNAPA was one of the parks involved in the Resilient Natural Resource Management Tourism and Growth (REGROW) project, which was funded by the World Bank with the aim of developing protected areas to increase tourism in southern Tanzania. Alleged victims: 84800 More details... |
16 Sep 2025 |
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Information received concerning the military strikes conducted by the United States Armed Forces on Iran on 22 June 2025, following strikes on Iran by Israel on 13 June 2025. These strikes, which reportedly targeted Iranian nuclear facilities, raise grave questions about compliance with fundamental obligations under international law, including the prohibition on the use of force, non-intervention, respect for State sovereignty, the international crime of aggression, and international human rights law. We are gravely concerned at the threats of additional escalation, including the further targeting of nuclear facilities, which could lead to devastating consequences for human rights, in particular for the rights to life, security of person, health and a healthy environment. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning events at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. These incidents include reported attacks, the suppression of academic freedom and political expression, the forcible dispersal of peaceful demonstrations, and the imposition of disciplinary measures against students and faculty members who voiced criticism of the war in Gaza or raised concerns about the university’s internal and external policies.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning events at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. These incidents include reported attacks, the suppression of academic freedom and political expression, the forcible dispersal of peaceful demonstrations, and the imposition of disciplinary measures against students and faculty members who voiced criticism of the war in Gaza or raised concerns about the university’s internal and external policies.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the use of mercury for gold mining in Cameroon, including by state-owned enterprises, Chinese companies and artisanal and small-scale miners, which seriously undermines the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment free of toxic substances, the right to safe drinking water, the right to food, the right to education, the right to the highest attainable standard of health, the right to an adequate standard of living, the right to life, the right to just and favorable working conditions, the right to access to information and public participation, and the right to access to remedy.Alleged victims: 28370000 More details... |
16 Jul 2025 |
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Informations reçues concernant l'utilisation du mercure pour l'extraction de l'or au Cameroun, y compris par des entreprises publiques, des entreprises étrangères chinoises et des mineurs artisanaux et à petite échelle, portant gravement atteinte au droit à un environnement propre, sain et durable, exempt de substances toxiques, au droit à l'eau potable, au droit à l'alimentation, au droit à l'éducation, au droit au meilleur état de santé possible, au droit à un niveau de vie suffisant, au droit à la vie, au droit à des conditions de travail justes et favorables, au droit à l'accès à l'information et à la participation publique, et au droit d'accès à des voies de recours.Alleged victims: 28370000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning (i) Youth Law (Adjudication, Punishment and Methods of Treatment) (Amendment No. 25 – Temporary Provisions), 2024; and (ii) the National Insurance Law (Amendment No. 251) (Revoking Allowances for a Child Imprisoned due to Terrorist Offence), 2024. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged violence by police against peaceful protests that have been held by students and civil society simultaneously across Indonesia against the ratification of the revised Indonesian National Armed Forces Law (TNI Law), that seeks to expand the role of the military in domestic affairs, including allowing high-ranking military officers to hold concurrent civilian posts, and the appointment of retired military personnel to civilian posts. The protests started on 20 March 2025 in cities such as Jakarta, Medan, Bandung, Semarang, Solo, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, and Manado, and allegedly lasted over a week. The allegations of use of police violence, especially in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Semarang and Manado, includes the use of batons, teargas and water cannons to disperse protestors. Information received also includes reports of arbitrary arrests, disappearances and detention of students, press affiliates and journalists, and of other restrictions of peaceful assemblies held by civil society organizations and groups, including human rights defenders, as well as digital intimidation. Alleged victims: - More details... |
16 Jun 2025 |
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Information received concerning alleged violence by different actors against peaceful protestors and the stigmatization of the peaceful gatherings, the the youth student movement, human rights defenders, civil society and social movements in general during demonstrations that took place on Saturday 15 March 2025, in Belgrade, leading to death and serious injuries, and including the apparent use of an undetermined acoustic weapon to unlawfully disperse the peaceful protest. This information raises questions regarding the full implementation of your Excellency’s Government’s obligations to respect and protect the rights and fundamental freedoms under international human rights law, in particular articles 7, 9, 19 and 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and pursuant to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, including specifically the failure to protect protesters from harm.Alleged victims: - More details... |
02 Jun 2025 |
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concerning the Deportation of Families of Terrorists Law, 5785 2024, adopted on 7 November and in force. We are particularly concerned that the application of the provisions of the Law discussed below would infringe the legitimate exercise of rights protected under international human rights law and international humanitarian law, which all apply in the occupied Palestinian territories. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged patterns of continuous discrimination against Baháʼís, living in or visiting Egypt, and the alleged arbitrary detention of Mr. Omid Seioshanseian, a senior Bahá’í official.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
29 May 2025 |
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Information received concerning alleged violations of human rights against individuals belonging to religious minorities, particularly Alawites, in the coastal region of the Syrian Arab Republic since 6 March 2025. These violations include large-scale and systematic summary executions of civilians belonging to religious minorities; enforced disappearances; forced displacement of minority communities; looting and destruction of their homes and infrastructures; the obstruction of humanitarian aid and journalists’ access; as well as the imminent risk of further deaths of civilians from ongoing attacks.Alleged victims: 1476 More details... |
15 Apr 2025 |
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Information received concerning the Executive Order on Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Executive Order 14168) issued on 20 January, the Executive Order on Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness (Executive Order 14183) issued on 27 January, and the Executive Order on Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports. (Executive Order 14201). In our assessment, the measures encompassed by the three Executive Orders are far-reaching and cross-sector in scope. As such, they raise concern among the experts as a discriminatory set of measures focused on social and political exclusion on the basis of gender identity and expression, which may result in severe infringements on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse persons (LGBT). Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the arrest, detention and the threat of deportation of Mr. Mahmoud Khalil, in connection with his advocacy of Palestinian rights, and participation in protests.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación tres iniciativas de ley: la iniciativa de ley 6453 (Ley de educación sexual para la protección de la niñez y la adolescencia en Guatemala); la iniciativa de ley 6473 (Ley para conservación integral de la sociedad); y la iniciativa de ley 6575 (Reformas al Código Penal indemnidad sexual). Estas iniciativas de ley están pendientes de aprobación por el Congreso de la República e incluyen puntos que podrían vulnerar derechos de las mujeres y las niñas, de las personas LGBTIQ+, de la niñez y adolescencia y los derechos de salud sexual y reproductiva y de los defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos que protegen estos derechos. Lo anterior constituiría una contravención de las obligaciones internacionales de derechos humanos de la República de Guatemala. Habíamos previamente comentado sobre las iniciativas legislativas e inconsistencias con los estándares internacionales de derechos humanos en comunicaciones anteriores como la OL GTM 1/2023, OL GTM 10/2021, OL GTM 12/2018. Lamentamos no haber recibido respuestas substantivas a estas cartas.Alleged victims: - More details... |
17 Mar 2025 |
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Información recibida en relación con el desplazamiento forzado masivo, la exposición a la violencia generalizada y las violaciones generalizadas del derecho internacional humanitario y de los derechos humanos en el contexto del conflicto entre grupos armados no estatales en el departamento de Norte de Santander.Alleged victims: 135801 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con el desplazamiento forzado masivo, la exposición a la violencia generalizada y las violaciones generalizadas del derecho internacional humanitario y de los derechos humanos en el contexto del conflicto entre grupos armados no estatales en el departamento de Norte de Santander.Alleged victims: 135801 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con el desplazamiento forzado masivo, la exposición a la violencia generalizada y las violaciones generalizadas del derecho internacional humanitario y de los derechos humanos en el contexto del conflicto entre grupos armados no estatales en el departamento de Norte de Santander.Alleged victims: 135801 More details... |
13 May 2025 |
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Information have received concerning access to rehabilitation and individualized support of a child with disabilities. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
09 Apr 2025 (Ack.) 12 Sep 2025 |
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Information received about restrictions on the right to work proposed in the draft law “On Amendments to Laws on Ensuring Children's Rights”.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the 90-day freeze of all federal grants and loans, including foreign aid, and stop-work orders, related to the Executive Orders ‘Reevaluating and realigning United States Foreign Aid’ and ‘Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI programs and Preferencing’, enacted on 20 January; as well as the Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, M-25-13 and M-25-14, by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, that impose a ‘Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs’, and then rescind the pause, respectively; and other specific notes and guidance related to the implementation of these and other recent executive orders . Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the Law for the Cessation of UNRWA Activities, 5784 2024 and the Law for the Cessation of UNRWA Activities in the Territory of the State of Israel, 5784 2024, both adopted on 28 October 2024 (“the Laws”). Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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information received concerning denial of access to compulsory education of female students wearing headscarves and the imposition of administrative penalties on parents for non-compliance with the school uniform policies established by schools.Alleged victims: 13000 More details... |
07 Apr 2025 |
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Informations reçues relatives à des allégations de violations des droits à l'éducation de la minorité musulmane en République centrafricaine. Ces violations incluent souvent des attaques contre des écoles, des déplacements forcés, et des discriminations qui empêchent les enfants musulmans d'accéder à une éducation de qualité.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the recent human rights violations related to Israel’s offensive in Lebanon, causing civilian casualties and massive destruction of civilian objects, including homes, water and sanitation infrastructure, agricultural lands, cultural heritage sites and places of religious worship; triggering mass forced displacement of civilians, and causing disruptions of access to healthcare and education, as well as loss of livelihoods and degraded ecosystems.Alleged victims: 2694918 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the arbitrary detention and deteriorating health of a British mother and her child at al-Roj camp in the North-East of the Syrian Arab Republic. We previously expressed our concern for the health and safety of these individuals in GBR 13/2022 and GBR 18/2023 and regret that we did not receive a reply to the most recent communication.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
13 Mar 2025 |
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Information received concerning the removal of Student Human Rights Ordinances and Basic Human Rights Ordinances in the Seoul Metropolitan Council and the Chungcheongnam-do Council, which prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Alleged victims: - More details... |
24 Feb 2025 |
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Information received concerning the conviction of nine teachers and defenders of the rights of Lumad indigenous communities in Mindanao, including Ms. Ma. Eugenia Victoria M. Nolasco, Ms. Nerhaya Flores Talledo, Ms. Ma. Concepcion B. Ibarra, Ms. Maricel Oribawan Andagkit, Mr. Wingwing Mandacawan Dausay, Ms. Nerfa P. Awing, Ms. Marianie Aga, Mr. Marcial D. Rendon, and Ms. Jenevive Sedigo Paraba, as well as four other advocates of the right to education. Ms. Ma. Eugenia Victoria M. Nolasco is an educator, an environmental defender and an advocate of the rights of indigenous communities in Mindanao. Since May 2018, she is the Executive Director of the Salugpongan Ta’Tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center (Salugpongan Schools), an educational institution established in 2007 by the indigenous peoples’ group Salugpongan Ta'Tanu Igkanogon (Unity in Defense of our Ancestral Lands), with the support of a religious organization. Ms. Nolasco is also a convener of Save Our Schools, a network of children’s rights organizations, which has been campaigning for the defense of Salugpongan Schools. Ms. Nerhaya Flores Talledo, Ms. Ma. Concepcion B. Ibarra, Ms. Maricel O. Andagkit, Mr. Wingwing Mandacawan Dausay, Ms. Nerfa P. Awing, Ms. Marianie Aga, Mr. Marcial D. Rendon, and Ms. Jenevive Sedigo Paraba are volunteer teachers working in Salugpongan Schools. They have been engaged in the preservation of the cultural identity of Lumad communities and in the protection of children’s right to education. The establishment of schools within the Lumad community in Mindanao, including the Salugpongan Schools, has been part of the efforts of Lumad indigenous groups, NGOs and church-based organizations to enable access of Lumad children to their right to education. Lumad schools intend to provide an education that reflects the needs and socio-cultural background of Lumad indigenous communities. The Department of Education of the Government of the Philippines accredited Salugpongan Schools after they were set up, authorizing the educational institution to run 54 community schools in the Davao region of Mindanao. Salugpongan Schools and other Lumad schools have been facing several challenges throughout the years. These reportedly included delays in releasing permits to operate, attacks on and forcible closure of schools, harassment and intimidation of teachers, students and defenders of indigenous peoples’ rights. Concerns regarding the reported closure of indigenous community schools in Mindanao, the alleged systematic attacks on these schools, as well as the threats and harassment of teachers, parents and students were raised with your Excellency’s Government by Special Procedures’ mandate holders, including through communication PHL 4/2015. We thank your Excellency’s Government for its response dated 7 January 2016. Allegations concerning the human rights situation of Lumad indigenous peoples in Mindanao and the reported harassment, intimidation and acts of violence, including killings, targeting Lumad indigenous communities and defenders of their rights were also addressed in communications PHL 5/2015, PHL 6/2015, PHL 8/2017 and 16/2017. We are thankful for your Excellency’s Government’s responses to communications PHL 8/2017 (dated 2 August 2017 and 18 August 2017) and 16/2017 (dated 6 April 2018 and 25 November 2020). However, we regret that to date no response has been received to communications PHL 5/2015 and PHL 6/2015. Alleged victims: 9 More details... |
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Information received concerning the existing lending arrangements between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Jamaica and their implications for the human rights of the population. To this end, we would like to share several observations and seek further clarification and elaboration on these matters.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the destruction of more than four schools for girls in North and South Waziristan, and in Balochistan, this year.Alleged victims: - More details... |
18 Dec 2024 |
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Information received concerning allegations of escalating and systematic attacks by Russian armed forces against Ukraine’s electricity system, which pose real risks of an imminent nuclear disaster that could result in widespread and large-scale radioactive contamination, including loss of life and long-term health consequences for countless people in Ukraine, as well as Russia and other neighboring countries. We would also like to bring to your attention that the much-reduced electricity system of Ukraine, which is a result of attacks by Russian armed forces, has grave impacts for the human rights of people in vulnerable situations, particularly of children, older persons, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups.Alleged victims: 37900000 More details... | |
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Observations concerning the Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Law on Preschool and School Education, adopted by the 50th National Assembly on 7 August 2024 (Decree No. 199) by a large majority, with 159 votes in favour, 22 against, and 12 abstentions. Alleged victims: - More details... |
05 Dec 2024 |
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Information received concerning the detention of three Swedish children and their mother at al-Roj Camp in North-East Syria, which appear to involve violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, including: freedom from arbitrary and unlawful detention; freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; the rights to life and security or person, including freedom from sexual violence; freedom from enforced disappearance; the rights to health and education; the right to an adequate standard of living, including housing, water and sanitation; children’s rights; family rights; and the duty to repatriate nationals at risk of the above-mentioned serious violations.Alleged victims: - More details... |
06 Nov 2024 09 Dec 2024 |
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Information received concerning alleged violations of human rights of persons with disabilities in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem since October 2023 and following Israel’s military assault with a reference to numerous rights established in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), as well as other human rights treaties, and several provisions of International Humanitarian Law concerning the protection of civilians, and the conduct of hostilities.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged increasing harassment against Students for Global Democracy and its members in Uganda, who allegedly face intimidation, harassment, and are prosecuted for their legitimate human rights work, including Mr Mike Gesa Munabi, Mr Samuel Kayiwa and Mr Johnbosco Mutyaba.Alleged victims: 4 More details... | |
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Información recibida relación con la presunta escalada de violencia contra el Pueblo Guaraní Paĩ Tavyterã por parte de invasores armados en la comunidad de Yvy Pyte.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
05 Dec 2024 |
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Observations concerning the Bill entitled The Law of Georgia on Family Values and Protection of Minors, adopted by the Parliament of Georgia upon second reading on 4 September 2024. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning allegations of the recent alarming increase in the systematic targeting of Baha’i women, including through arrests, summoning for interrogation, enforced disappearance, raids on their homes and confiscation of their personal belongings. Alleged victims: 47 More details... |
28 Oct 2024 |
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Informations reçues concernant des allégations nombreuses et répétées de traite des personnes, en particulier à des fins d'exploitation sexuelle, y compris l’esclavage sexuelle, ainsi que de mariages d'enfants et de mariages forcés, dans le contexte du conflit en cours qui affecte particulièrement la partie orientale de la République démocratique du Congo, notamment les provinces du Nord-Kivu, du Sud-Kivu, de l'Ituri, du Maniema et du Tanganyika.Alleged victims: 440 More details... | |
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Información recibida sobre dos supuestos casos de reclutamiento, uso y asesinato de menores por parte de grupos armados no estatales, de ahora en adelante, “grupos armados”, cuyos hermanos y hermanas continúan en riesgo de reclutamiento por los grupos armados y sin medidas de protección efectivas. En este contexto, quisiéramos llamar la atención urgente del Gobierno de Su Excelencia sobre la información que hemos recibido en relación con las medidas de identificación, prevención y protección, con enfoque diferencial, dirigidas a las víctimas de reclutamiento infantil, sus familiares y a sus resguardos indígenas.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
17 Jul 2024 |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by RTX and Northtrop Grumman to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in these companies without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Caterpillar to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza. Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by ThyssenKrupp to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
12 Jul 2024 |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Boeing to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by RTX to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Boeing to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by BAE Systems to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by ThyssenKrupp to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Rheinmetall AG to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Boeing to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Rolls-Royce Power Systems to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Boeing, Caterpillar, Northtrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in these companies without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Caterpillar, Oshkosh, BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in these companies without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by RTX and Lockheed Martin to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in those companies without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by ThyssenKrupp to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza. Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Boeing to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by General Dynamics, RTX, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in these companies without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the arms being transferred by and/or with the support of United States to Israel after 7 October 2023, granting direct military aid to Israel, issuing new arm exports licenses, and failing from reviewing the risks assessment of existing ones against the new circumstances. Those arm transfers would contribute to disproportionate attacks on Gaza by the Government of Israel, which could amount to gross violations of international humanitarian law and human rights. Furthermore, the information suggests that United-States-based defense businesses, notably Boeing, Caterpillar, General Dynamics, RTX, Oshkosh, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin have continued transferring weapons to Israel during this time, with the facilitation of the Government, without conducting heightened human rights due diligence, hence fueling violence and human rights violations. In addition, United States-based companies are investing in the listed defense companies exporting arms to Israel, including Bank of America, BlackRock, Capital Group, Causeway Capital Management LLC, Citigroup, Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC, INVESCO Ltd., JP Morgan Chase, Harris Associates LP ,Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Newport Group, Inc, Raven'swing Asset Management, Inc., State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, State Street Corporation, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Wells Fargo & Company, Wellington Management Co. LLP. Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by and/or with the support of the United Kingdom to Israel after 7 October 2023, including the failure to adequately review the risk assessments for existing licenses in light of the new circumstances. The transfer of arms and ammunition is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts and human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. Furthermore, the information suggests that United Kingdom-based defense businesses, notably BAE Systems, have continued transferring weapons to Israel, with the facilitation of your Excellency’s Government, without conducting adequate heightened human rights due diligence. These businesses would become accomplices in such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a plausible risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Rheinmetall AG to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Boeing, Caterpillar, General Dynamics, RTX, Oshkosh and Northtrop Grumman to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in these companies without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza. Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the arms being transferred by ThyssenKrupp after 7 October 2023, without conducting heightened human rights due diligence. Those arm transfers would contribute to disproportionate attacks on Gaza by the Government of Israel, which could amount to gross violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law. Norway owned Norge’s Bank Investment management is investing in this company. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a plausible risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
10 Jul 2024 |
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Information received concerning transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza. Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the arms being transferred by ThyssenKrupp after 7 October 2023, without conducting heightened human rights due diligence. The transfer of arms and ammunition is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts and human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. Italy-based Amundi Asset Management SA is investing in this company. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a plausible risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by and/or with the support of Germany to Israel after 7 October 2023, the granting of direct military aid to Israel, the issuing of new arm exports licenses, and the failure to adequately review the risk assessments for existing licenses in light of the new circumstances. The transfer of arms and ammunition is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts and human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. Furthermore, the information suggests that Germany-based defense businesses, notably Rheinmetall AG, ThyssenKrupp and Rolls Royce Power System (MTU), have continued transferring weapons to Israel, with the facilitation of your Excellency’s Government, without conducting adequate heightened human rights due diligence. These businesses would become accomplices in such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. In addition, Germany-based companies have continued investing in the listed defense companies exporting arms to Israel , including Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung, despite the manifest risk that these investments will contribute to gross violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a plausible risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
16 Jul 2024 |
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Information received concerning transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza. Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the the transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning transfer of arms and ammunition by ThyssenKrupp to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the dispersal of peaceful protests against the war in Gaza and universities’ ties with companies implicated in alleged war crimesand the arrests of peaceful student protesters at various University campuses in the United States, including Columbia University, New York University in Manhattan, Yale University, University of Southern California, Emerson College, in Boston Massachusetts, Washington University in St. Louis, Texas University in Austin, among others. The information further indicates that some of the students in these and other universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology or Harvard University exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly are now threatened with, or even facing summons and/or sanctions that could have disproportionate consequences, including suspension, loss of university-based housing and their immigration status. While we examine further these incidents, we would like to draw your attention to the situation at Columbia University most specifically. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
16 Jul 2024 |
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Information received concerning the dispersal of peaceful protests against the war in Gaza and universities’ ties with companies implicated in alleged war crimesand the arrests of peaceful student protesters at various University campuses in the United States, including Columbia University, New York University in Manhattan, Yale University, University of Southern California, Emerson College, in Boston Massachusetts, Washington University in St. Louis, Texas University in Austin, among others. The information further indicates that some of the students in these and other universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology or Harvard University exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly are now threatened with, or even facing summons and/or sanctions that could have disproportionate consequences, including suspension, loss of university-based housing and their immigration status. While we examine further these incidents, we would like to draw your attention to the situation at Columbia University most specifically. Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the publication of a “Q&A on Responses to Child Abuse Related to Religious Beliefs, etc.” which has led to a reported subsequent increase in hate crimes and hate speech against Jehovah’s Witnesses and other religious or belief minorities. Notwithstanding the critical importance of protection against child abuse, we would like to raise a number of concerns in this connection.Alleged victims: - More details... |
27 Jun 2024 |
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Informations reçues concernant des violations généralisées et aggravées des droits des femmes et des filles en Haïti, qui portent gravement atteinte à leur droit à la vie, à un niveau de vie adéquat, à l'éducation, à l'accès à la justice, à un procès équitable, à la liberté de mouvement, à la santé, y compris la santé sexuelle et reproductive, ainsi qu'au droit de ne pas être soumises à la torture et à la violence, et au droit de protection contre les risques accrus de traite des personnes et d’autres formes d’exploitation.Alleged victims: 5800000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the lack of appropriate age assessment and protection measures for children in asylum and immigration procedures, the prosecution of age-disputed migrant children as adults in criminal proceedings. These children arrived in the United Kingdom on “small boats” and, while their real age is being determined, some of them are subject to immigration detention or placement in unsupervised adult accommodations, putting them in a situation of vulnerability.Alleged victims: 1020 More details... |
14 Jun 2024 |
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Comments on the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, under article 23 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China, introduced by the gazette on 8 March 2024 and adopted by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s Legislative Council on 19 March 2024. Alleged victims: - More details... |
08 Jul 2024 |
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Information received concerning the judicial proceedings against civil society activist, academic and columnist Mr. Boban Batrićević.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
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Information received concerning the alleged arbitrary deprivation of liberty, followed by acts tantamount to enforced disappearance of the human rights defenders Mr. Ahmad Fahim Azimi and Mr. Siddiqullah Afghan in Kabul by members of the de facto authorities. According to the information received, there was no reason given for their deprivation of liberty, and they appear to be arbitrarily detained. Mr. Ahmad Fahim Azimi is a human rights defender and activist for girls’ education. He is the head of the Better Thinking Center, and the director of the Digital Citizen Lab in Afghanistan. Mr. Siddiqullah Afghan is a human rights defender and the financial officer of the same organization.Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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Informations additionnelles que nous avons reçues concernant la vétusté du réseau d‘approvisionnement en eau potable, de la pollution des ressources d’eau ainsi que sur des représailles potentielles à l'encontre de défenseurs des humains en Guadeloupe.Alleged victims: 100000 More details... |
25 Mar 2024 |
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Information received concerning the OECD and its member states’ failure to reform the global taxation system in line with their international human rights obligation.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the ongoing widespread arbitrary detention of Palestinians, including activists, lawyers, artists, students and children in the cities and villages of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.Alleged victims: 69 More details... | |
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Informations reçues concernant plusieurs décisions administratives appliquées par le Gouvernement français et par les instances dirigeantes sportives françaises visant à interdire aux femmes et aux filles de porter des vêtements démontrant ostensiblement une appartenance religieuse. Ceux-ci affectent de manière disproportionnée les femmes et les filles musulmanes qui portent respectivement l'abaya et le hijab.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
22 Dec 2023 |
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Information received concerning the new charges against student activists and their expulsion from university.Alleged victims: 3 More details... |
04 Mar 2024 |
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Information received regarding the widespread separation of children from their parents affecting the Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region of China.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
25 Jan 2024 |
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Information received concerning the alleged lack of protection of the Resian language and identity, in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.Alleged victims: 1101 More details... |
18 Apr 2024 |
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information received concerning the alleged insufficiency and inadequacy of the mechanisms implemented by the Government of the Republic of Yemen to provide redress and full and effective reparation to victims of gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the armed conflict in Yemen, in line with the scale and severity of the harm done; and to effectively investigate and prosecute the violations. Alleged victims: - More details... |
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Information received concerning the alleged insufficiency and inadequacy of the mechanisms implemented by the Saudi/UAE-led coalition to provide redress and full and effective reparation to victims of gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed by the coalition during the armed conflict in Yemen, in line with the scale and severity of the harm done; and to effectively investigate the violations and establish the respective responsibilities Alleged victims: - More details... |
24 Oct 2023 |
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Information received concerning the alleged insufficiency and inadequacy of the mechanisms implemented by Saudi/UAE-led coalition to provide redress and full and effective reparation to victims of gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed by the coalition during the armed conflict in Yemen, in line with the scale and severity of the harm done; and to effectively investigate the violations and establish the respective responsibilities Alleged victims: - More details... |
27 Oct 2023 |
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Information received concerning alleged insufficiency and inadequacy of the mechanisms implemented by Ansar Allah movement (or the Houthi movement, the de facto authority in Sana'a) to provide redress and reparation to victims of gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed by the group during the armed conflict, in line with the scale and severity of the harm done; and to effectively investigate those violations and establish the respective responsibilities.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Informations reçues concernant certains aspects du traitement des enfants, garçons et filles, dans la période post-rapatriement, qui nous paraissent problématiques du point de vue du droit international, en particulier en ce qui concerne la Convention relative aux droits des enfants. Nous souhaitons également partager nos préoccupations quant à l’impact du décret numéro 2023-255 du 6 avril 2023 autorisant la création d’un traitement automatisé de données à caractère personnel relatif à la prise en charge des mineurs de retour de zones d’opérations de groupements terroristes (MRZOGT), sur les droits fondamentaux de ces enfants.Alleged victims: 224 More details... | |
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Information received concerning legislative amendments severely limiting education in minority languages in Estonia through the mandatory transition of all pre-school and school institutions, including those operating in a minority language or bilingual institutions, to Estonian-language instruction.Alleged victims: - More details... |
14 Sep 2023 |
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Information received concerning allegations of intimidation and harassment of human rights defender and trade union leader Mr. Eduardo Peres Alberto and his family, as well as the alarming attack on his daughter. It is believed these violations are in connection with Mr. Peres Alberto’s work in defence of human rights, in particular in his capacity as Secretary General of the Union of Higher Education Teachers (SINPES).Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
08 Sep 2023 |
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Información recibida sobre la presunta expulsión de un estudiante, Señor Adrián Camilo García Flores, de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala como forma de represalia por el ejercicio de su libertad académica y por sus actividades como representante estudiantil.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
23 Jul 2023 |
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Information received concerning the arbitrary detention of Mr. Matiullah Wesa and Mr Rasoul Parsi Abdi. Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
17 May 2023 |
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Informations reçues concernant des allégations d'obstruction arbitraire aux études d'un défenseur des droits humains.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the harassment and threats, as well as prosecution based on criminal defamation laws against Mr. Sarmad Al Taee, a writer and journalist, Mr. Saadoun Damad, a presenter for Al-Iraqiya TV channel and host of talk show “Al-Mouhayed”, Mr. Mohamed Jabber, presenter for Zagros TV channel and host of talk show “Biwodoh”, and Mr. Ahmed Yahya Issa Rubaye, assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry at Basra university and anti-corruption defender. Alleged victims: 4 More details... | |
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Information received on the delicate and deteriorating situation of human rights of people of African descent in Guyana, who live on the fringes of society and suffer from numerous violations of their fundamental rights.Alleged victims: 3 More details... |
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Follow-up letter concerning the alleged role of Omegle in facilitating self-generated and live video streamed sexual activities and material online that depicts or otherwise represents children appearing to engage in sexually explicit conduct and it being shared on your platform (Tiktok).Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Follow-up letter concerning the alleged role of Omegle in facilitating self-generated and live video streamed sexual activities and material online that depicts or otherwise represents children appearing to engage in sexually explicit conduct. Allegedly, Omegle has gained popularity after videos tagged with “Omegle” in Tiktok, a China-based company, have reportedly been viewed more than 9.4 billion times worldwide. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the deliberate poisoning of more than 1200 schoolgirls since November 2022.Alleged victims: 1200 More details... |
05 Sep 2023 |
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Information received concerning the ongoing blockade of the Lachin corridor and its deleterious impact on the exercise by the population living in Nagorno-Karabakh of the rights to adequate food, health and education.Alleged victims: 120000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the ongoing blockade of the Lachin corridor and its deleterious impact on the exercise by the population living in Nagorno-Karabakh of the rights to adequate food, health and education.Alleged victims: 120000 More details... |
21 Feb 2023 |
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Information received concerning attempts to abolish Student Human Rights Ordinances and Basic Human Rights Ordinances in the Seoul Metropolitan Council and the Chungcheongnam-do Council, which prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Information was also received regarding announced plans to remove references to 'sexual minority', 'gender equality' and 'reproductive rights' from the school curriculum. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received regarding harmful impact of hate speech, incitement to hatred and racism targeting people of African descent and spreading on social media such as Twitter. It is especially alarming given the inadequacy of the responses and solutions put in place to counter them.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received regarding the harmful impact of hate speech, incitement to hatred and racism targeting people of African descent and spreading on social media. It is especially alarming given the inadequacy of the responses and solutions put in place to counter them.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received regarding harmful impact of hate speech, incitement to hatred and racism targeting people of African descent and spreading on social media such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. It is especially alarming given the inadequacy of the responses and solutions put in place to counter them.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received regarding the harmful impact of hate speech, including misogynistic hate speech, incitement to hatred and racism targeting people of African descent and spreading on social media, especially alarming given the inadequacy of the responses and solutions put in place to counter them.Alleged victims: - More details... |
13 Mar 2023 |
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Information received concerning the destruction of and damage to many sites, institutions and objects of cultural, historical and religious importance in Ukraine, the continued denigration of the history and identity of Ukrainian people as a justification for war and hatred, and the attacks against the Ukrainian culture, history and language in an effort to erase them from the physical and symbolic landscapes of Ukrainian territory occupied by the Russian Federation.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Follow-up on our engagement the Chinese Government since 2017, in particular regarding the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). We thank the Government for the detailed responses provided to some of our communications and the information received through the China Human Rights Newsletter that your representation in Geneva shares with different stakeholders, including Special Procedures. Alleged victims: - More details... |
07 Mar 2023 |
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Information received regarding the attack against the Kaaj Educational Center mainly targeting members of the Hazara minority. We are concerned that should this attack not be investigated properly and preventive measures not put in place, such attacks may continue to take place in the future, claiming many more lives and depriving children and young people of their right to education.Alleged victims: - More details... |
12 Jan 2023 |
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Information concerning the mass civilian harm caused by the Ansar Allah movement (or the Houthi movement, the de facto authority in Sana'a and northern Yemen), in particular in relation to the systematic violations of women’s and girls’ rights in the context of the armed conflict including the restriction of women travelling without a male guardian (mahram), prevention of access to reproductive health care, prevention from working, gender segregation in public spaces and the reinforcement of discriminatory misogynistic attitudes . Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information concerning the mass civilian harm caused by the Ansar Allah movement (or the Houthi movement, the de facto authority in Sana'a and northern Yemen), in particular in relation to the systematic violations of women’s and girls’ rights in the context of the armed conflict including the restriction of women travelling without a male guardian (mahram), prevention of access to reproductive health care, prevention from working, gender segregation in public spaces and the reinforcement of discriminatory misogynistic attitudes . Alleged victims: - More details... |
20 Feb 2023 |
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Information received concerning what appears to amount to a policy of acculturation and assimilation of the Tibetan culture into the dominant Han-Chinese majority, through a series of oppressive actions against Tibetan educational, religious and linguistic institutions, in contradiction with the right to freedom of religion and belief, the right to education and cultural rights of the Tibetan people. Alleged victims: - More details... |
29 Jan 2023 01 Mar 2023 |
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Information received regarding the continued forced closure of the Heybeliada Theological School and its broader impact on the fundamental rights of Christian Greek-Orthodox minority in Türkiye.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
13 Dec 2022 |
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Information concerning the alleged failure of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to recognize the right to self-determination of the Khmer Krom Indigenous Peoples who live mainly in the Mekong Delta region, in the South-West of Viet Nam, as well as the alleged violation of their rights to freedom of expression, association, health, food, water, housing, a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, freedom of religion or belief, as well as their linguistic and cultural rights. Alleged victims: 5 More details... |
10 May 2023 |
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Information concerning the trial of Ms. Veronica Gabriel, a survivor of gender-based and domestic violence, incarcerated in Tanzania, who gave birth of her sixth child while deprived of her liberty. She reportedly also suffers from mental illness and intellectual disability and has allegedly not received appropriate physical and mental health care and support while in detention.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Information received concerning a bill severely limiting education in minority languages of Latvia through the requirement that all pre-school and school institutions, including those operating in minority-language or bilingual institutions, transition to Latvian-language instruction. Those amendments, in addition, were developed without effective and meaningful participation of the affected minorities.Alleged victims: - More details... |
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Informations reçues concernant des présumés actes d'intimidation contre M. Olivier Paolini, enseignant et défenseur des droits d'enfants handicapés.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged denial of fundamental right to education, the right to privacy, the right to freedom of expression and the denial of the recognition of the gender identity.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Commentaires et suggestions à propos de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel du 21 mai 2021 concernant l’enseignement en « langues régionales ». Nous craignons que l'adoption et l'application de cette décision puissent entraîner des atteintes importantes aux droits humains des minorités linguistiques en France.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the new “Procedure for Entry and Residency of Foreigners in Judea and Samaria Region”, which may have a negative impact on the enjoyment of academic freedom in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the use of lethal and excessive force against protesters in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) of Tajikistan followed by the shutdown of mobile internet services and subsequent threats and harassment of the members of the Pamiri minority. Alleged victims: 3 More details... | |
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Information received regarding threats against academic and human rights lawyer, Mr. Colin Harvey. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
17 Jun 2022 |
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Information received regarding the arrest, detention and subsequent enforced disappearance of Tibetan writer Mr. Lobsang Lhundup (pen name of Dhi Lhaden), musician Mr. Lhundrup Drakpa, and teacher Ms. Rinchen Kyi, allegedly in connection with their cultural activities in favour of the Tibetan minority language and culture. Alleged victims: 3 More details... |
14 Apr 2022 |
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Information received regarding the years-long harassment of members of The Amalgamated Rural Teacher’s Union of Zimbabwe, including the recent arrest of 16 members while exercising their right to assemble peacefully.Alleged victims: 3 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación a la iniciativa de ley 5940 (Ley para garantizar la protección integral de la niñez y adolescencia contra los trastornos de la identidad de género), pendiente de aprobación por el Congreso de la República, la cual presenta graves inconsistencias con los estándares de derechos humanos, que afectan en particular a los derechos de las personas LGTBI.Alleged victims: - More details... |
27 Nov 2021 (Ack.) |
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Information received concerning the erosion of the right to freedom of speech, education and academic freedom in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) since the enactment of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, also known as the National Security Law (NSL), on 30 June 2020. Issues of concern include the disciplining of educators for their social activism and for exploring political issues in class, particularly in the university context, textbook censorship, the removal of educational components aimed at fostering critical thinking from a core secondary school curriculum, and an announced plan to insert national security components into almost all subjects in primary and secondary curricula. Also of concern is the possible chilling effect of the NSL on the freedom of expression of journalists and teachers due to increased self-censorship. Alleged victims: - More details... |
11 Nov 2021 |
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Information received concerning the tabling of a bill entitled “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021” before the Parliament of Ghana. According to information at our disposal, the first reading of the bill took place on 2 August. The consideration of the bill is expected to resume in October, after Parliamentary recess and public engagement.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the persistent challenges faced by members of the Inuit indigenous community of Nunavut, Canada in receiving essential public services in their language, in particular public education, healthcare and the justice system. Some 75% of Inuit in Nunavut speak Inuktut as their first language. The Inuit of Nunavut live mostly along the Arctic coast in the northern regions of Canada. Nunavut is a semi-autonomous territory with regional self-governance created in 1999 through a series of agreements with Canada. Approximately 85% of the population of Nunavut are Inuit, one of the three Aboriginal groups recognized under section 35 the Constitution of Canada. As such, Canada must recognize and protect the rights of the Inuit people to self-determination to pursue their social and cultural development, and autonomy or self-government over their internal and local affairs.Alleged victims: - More details... |
07 Jun 2022 |
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Information reçue concernant les coupures des services publics d’approvisionnement en eau potable en Guadeloupe et leurs impacts négatifs sur le droit humain à l’eau potable de la population, mais aussi sur la gestion de la pandémie de COVID-19, notamment pour les établissements de santé et scolaires.Alleged victims: 400000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the imminent threat of forced evictions and demolitions of around 10,000 homes, which will leave over 100,000 people, primarily belonging to minorities, at risk of homelessness, in the Khori Gaon informal settlement, Faridabad, Haryana state.Alleged victims: 100000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the situation of persons with disabilities in institutions, including in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alleged victims: - More details... |
11 Nov 2021 |
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Information received concerning the use of orphans for child labour at coal mines and other potentially harmful and hazardous working environments.Alleged victims: 200 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the adoption and enforcement of a series of measures which appear to impose limitations affecting the use of minority languages in Latvia. In particular we have received new information regarding education laws, some of which we had previously raised concerns about in 2018 and 2019, as well as about a range of new laws or related policies adopted or applied since 2020 that raise serious concerns about their potential effects on the enjoyment and promotion of minority linguistic rights in the country.Alleged victims: - More details... |
27 Jul 2021 |
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Information received concerning the deportation of Professor Pal Ahluwalia, the Vice-Chancellor from the University of the South Pacific’s, and his spouse Sandra Jane Price.Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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Information received regarding the alleged role of Omegle, a live video chat website based in the United States of America, in facilitating self-generated and live video streamed sexual activities and material online that depicts or otherwise represents children appearing to engage in sexually explicit conduct.Alleged victims: - More details... |
18 Jan 2022 |
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Information received regarding the alleged role of Omegle, a live video chat website based in the United States of America, in facilitating self-generated and live video streamed sexual activities and material online that depicts or otherwise represents children appearing to engage in sexually explicit conduct.Alleged victims: - More details... |
17 Jun 2021 |
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Information received regarding the alleged role of Omegle, a live video chat website based in the United States of America, in facilitating self-generated and live video streamed sexual activities and material online that depicts or otherwise represents children appearing to engage in sexually explicit conduct.Alleged victims: - More details... |
28 May 2021 |
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Information received regarding the alleged role of Omegle, a live video chat website based in the United States of America, in facilitating self-generated and live video streamed sexual activities and material online that depicts or otherwise represents children appearing to engage in sexually explicit conduct.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received regarding the alleged role of Omegle, a live video chat website based in the United States of America, in facilitating self-generated and live video streamed sexual activities and material online that depicts or otherwise represents children appearing to engage in sexually explicit conduct.Alleged victims: - More details... |
02 Jun 2021 |
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Information received regarding the alleged role of Omegle, a live video chat website based in the United States of America, in facilitating self-generated and live video streamed sexual activities and material online that depicts or otherwise represents children appearing to engage in sexually explicit conduct.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received regarding the alleged role of Omegle, a live video chat website based in the United States of America, in facilitating self-generated and live video streamed sexual activities and material online that depicts or otherwise represents children appearing to engage in sexually explicit conduct.Alleged victims: - More details... |
07 May 2021 |
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Information received regarding the alleged role of Omegle, a live video chat website based in the United States of America, in facilitating self-generated and live video streamed sexual activities and material online that depicts or otherwise represents children appearing to engage in sexually explicit conduct.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received regarding the alleged role of Omegle, a live video chat website based in the United States of America, in facilitating self-generated and live video streamed sexual activities and material online that depicts or otherwise represents children appearing to engage in sexually explicit conduct.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the situation of refugee and asylum-seeking children, including unaccompanied and separated children, among whom child sexual abuse survivors, who continue to be at a heightened risk of abuse and exploitation including extortion, sale, child force labour, trafficking, sexual exploitation, child marriage and other gender-based violence upon arrival in Malaysia, and when apprehended and detained at Imigratin Immigration Detention Centres (IDCs). Alleged victims: 49077 More details... |
03 May 2021 (Ack.) 15 Feb 2022 |
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Information received regarding the interruption of the water supply to "Novaya Borovaya" district in Minsk for political reasons, as retaliation for residents’ participation in anti-Government protests and activities.Alleged victims: 15000 More details... |
17 May 2021 |
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Information received received concerning allegations of mass abduction and trafficking of children in the Northern region of Nigeria.Alleged victims: 500 More details... |
26 Feb 2021 (Ack.) |
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Information received regarding the recently established program, “Emergency Student Support Handout for Continuing Studies.” We are concerned that this program violates Japan’s obligations under international human rights law, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), to which Japan is a State party.Alleged victims: - More details... |
19 Apr 2021 |
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Information received concerning national service requirements obliging all secondary school students in the country to complete their final year at the Warsai Yekalo Secondary School, located in the Sawa military camp, and to undertake mandatory military training for approximately five months of that year, as well as regarding related practices and conditions that impact on the right to education, academic freedom and the right to not be discriminated in the field of education.Alleged victims: 500 More details... | |
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Información recibida sobre el presunto abuso y explotación sexual de niños, niñas y adolescentes, asi como su reclutamiento como intermediarios para el tráfico de drogas en la comunidad Amazónica de Bella Vista, en el departamento de Beni. También quisieramos señalar la presunta falta de investigación de los hechos por las autoridades competentes.Alleged victims: - More details... |
16 Apr 2021 |
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Information received concerning the alleged arbitrary detention and ill-treatment, including gender-based violence against Ms. Gulbakhar Jalilova, a Kazakh national and businesswoman and member of the Uyghur minority, as well as the lack of gender-specific measures that meet the needs of women detainees at Detention Centres No. 2 and No. 3 in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uyhgur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
23 May 2021 |
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Information received concerning the new national policy on special education, as enshrined in presidential decree No. 10.105, adopted on 30 September 2020, which contains provisions that could restrict the right to inclusive education for children with disabilities in Brazil.Alleged victims: - More details... |
30 Apr 2021 |
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Information received concerning a 15-year-old child with learning disabilities, who has been denied the right to inclusive and quality education, as well as reasonable accommodation in Koblenz (Rhineland-Palatinate State).Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
10 Aug 2021 |
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Information received concerning (i) the increased use of hate speech and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (“LGBT”) persons, including the creation of so-called “LGBT Free” zones by municipalities, (ii) restrictions on and attacks against Pride marches, (iii) a proposed bill to criminalize sexuality education, and (iv) restrictions on Polish schools’ initiative “Rainbow Friday”; (v) possible withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, and (vi) the Polish Episcopal Conference’s calling for the creation of “conversion therapy” clinics.Alleged victims: - More details... |
18 Mar 2021 |
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Information received concerning the alleged intentional killings of Mr. Yerimia Zanambani, a reverend and Mr. Rufinus Tigau, a catholic church worker, by Indonesian security forces and injuries to a child through excessive use of force as well as the reported lack of access by internally displaced persons to essential services, the use of a school by the army and the destruction of a health facility.Alleged victims: 3 More details... |
20 Jan 2021 |
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Información recibida en relación con la situación de las personas residentes en el asentamiento informal “Cañada Real Galiana”, en particular de 1.812 niños y niñas, afectadas por cortes en el suministro de electricidad durante meses marcados por bajas temperaturas.Alleged victims: 1812 More details... |
22 Apr 2021 03 Dec 2021 03 Dec 2021 (Annex) |
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Information received concerning the proposed Public University Bill 2020, which reportedly will affect the autonomy of the universities and thus, academic freedoms.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the annual child marriage ceremonies, the most recent ones having reportedly taken place in March and September 2020, in Bunisa, Marsabit region of Kenya, where reportedly hundreds of underage couples have been married in traditional ceremonies.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning proposed bills that reportedly (i) prohibit sexual education unless there is parental written consent, and (ii) impose a blanket ban on a discussion regarding “gender theory or opinion” in Romanian educational establishments.Alleged victims: - More details... |
08 Dec 2020 18 Dec 2020 |
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Información recibida en relación con el creciente deterioro de la situación de los derechos humanos en Venezuela en un contexto de agudización de la crisis económica, aumento de la desigualdad, incremento de la pobreza, acentuación del hambre y la desnutrición, deterioro acelerado de los servicios públicos y profunda crisis en el sector educativo.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Allegations of excessive use of force, arrests and arbitrary detention of protestors since December 2019, in the context of demonstrations against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).Alleged victims: 31 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the persisting challenges faced by Non-Muslim students in area of education, as well as the existence of textbooks with content that stigmatizes ethno-religious minorities in Pakistan.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the decision by the Government of Armenia to endorse the “Caritas City” or “Children’s City” program of the Armenian Caritas organization which would, if implemented, violate Armenia’s obligations under international human rights law, including the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and the Convention on the rights of the child.Alleged victims: - More details... |
07 Feb 2020 |
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Information received concerning the launching of investigations against the human rights organisation Maldivian Democracy Network, public calls for its de-registration, as well as the intensified online harassment, intimidation and threats against its staff members, including Ms. Shahindha Ismail and Mr. Mushfiq Mohamed.Alleged victims: 5 More details... |
15 Jan 2020 |
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We offer the following comments on the effect and application of the Counter-Terrorism Law of the People’s Republic of China (Counter-Terrorism Law) promulgated on 27 December 2015 effective as of 1 January 2016 and its Regional Implementing Measures, the 2016 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Implementing Measures of the Counter-Terrorism Law of the People's Republic of China.Alleged victims: - More details... |
16 Dec 2019 |
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Information received regarding the situation of children arrested and detained in relation to drug offences. Alleged victims: - More details... |
03 Jan 2020 |
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Information received concerning the adoption by the Cabinet of Ministers of the regulation on pre-school education No. 716, which appears to impose restrictions on the use of minority languages in pre-school educational institutions.Alleged victims: - More details... |
27 Nov 2019 |
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Information received concerning an increase in the attacks against healthcare and school facilities between 1 April and 4 July 2019 in Syria, especially in southern Idlib and areas of northern Hama.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the detention of the teacher Ms. Zara Mohammadi by the Iranian authorities.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Información recibida proveniente de diferentes actores nacionales sobre los impactos negativos que han tenido una serie de desalojos forzosos ejecutados desde 2017 a la fecha, en varios derechos humanos entre ellos el derecho a vivienda, alimentación, agua, saneamiento, educación, de las personas que viven en el área rural y que pertenecen a pueblos indígenas y a comunidades campesinas.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the draft GPE Private Sector Engagement Strategy, which is to be discussed at the next meeting of the GPE Board, from 11 to 13 June 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden.Alleged victims: - More details... |
10 Jun 2019 |
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In this connection, we would like to bring to your attention information that we have received regarding the alleged arrest and continued detention of Mr. Abdulaziz Saeed Saad Halwan Abdullah, a Qatari national (ID number 29563404734) in Saudi Arabia. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
23 Apr 2019 |
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Información recibida en relación con la situación de un niño autista de 14 años, a quien se le habrían negado y/o suspendido los ajustes razonables para una educación inclusiva en el CEIP Salgado Torres y en el EIS Elviña de A Coruña.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
04 Jun 2019 |
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Information received concerning the situation of workers and families living on farms in the abaca plantations of the Japanese company Furukawa Plantaciones C.A. in Ecuador.Alleged victims: 200 More details... |
13 Jun 2019 |
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Información recibida en relación con la situación de los trabajadores y las familias que viven en haciendas en las plantaciones de abacá de la empresa japonesa Furukawa Plantaciones C. A. del Ecuador.Alleged victims: 200 More details... |
31 May 2019 |
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Información recibida en relación con la situación de las personas trabajadoras y familias que viven en haciendas en las plantaciones de abacá de la empresa japonesa Furukawa Plantaciones C. A. del Ecuador.Alleged victims: 200 More details... |
02 Jun 2019 |
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Information received concerning the availability on the Google’s application store of the Saudi mobile phone application ‘‘Absher’’, allowing millions of “male guardians” to technologically monitor and restrict women’s whereabouts and freedom of movement in Saudi Arabia.Alleged victims: - More details... |
25 May 2019 |
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Information received concerning the availability on the Apple’s application store of the Saudi mobile phone application ‘‘Absher”, allowing millions of private “male guardians” to technologically monitor and restrict women’s whereabouts and freedom of movement in Saudi Arabia. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning legislation and social practices of “male guardianship” in Saudi Arabia, including the mobile phone application ‘Absher’, which seem to contravene international human rights norms and standards as outlined below.Alleged victims: - More details... |
17 Apr 2019 |
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Information received concerning changes to the sexuality education curriculum of the Province of Ontario.Alleged victims: - More details... |
07 May 2019 |
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Information received regarding the adoption of amendments to the Law on Institutions of Higher Education, which appear to impose restrictions on the educational and linguistic rights of minorities in Latvia.Alleged victims: - More details... |
16 Jan 2019 |
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Information received concerning a directive of Your Excellency’s Government forbidding the teaching of the subject of gender studies at institutions of higher education.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the recent adoption of a series of laws that introduce undue restrictions on the rights to freedom of association, peaceful assembly and freedom of expression in Hungary and risk to further fuel the already existing xenophobic and discriminatory public discourse on migration and negative narrative about civil society, in particular when its activities are related to migration issues.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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información recibida referente a una próxima decisión de la Corte Suprema que anularía el enfoque de género en el Currículo Nacional para la Educación Básica. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con alegaciones de uso excesivo de la fuerza por parte de cuerpos de seguridad del Estado, incluyendo policía anti-motines y grupos armados pro-gubernamentales (también llamados ‘turbas’, para-policías o paramilitares, ‘motorizados’) en contra de manifestantes en zonas urbanas y rurales, y de estudiantes (incluyendo adolescentes), la cual ha causado, desde su inicio el 18 de abril hasta el 3 de junio al menos 120 muertos, y aproximadamente 1200 personas heridas en varias ciudades del país. Alleged victims: 1100 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the negative impacts of budget cuts, structural adjustment and austerity measures implemented since 2014, on several human rights, notably the rights to health, education, social security, food, as well as on gender equality, and in particular the negative impacts linked to the Constitutional Amendment No 95, also known as “Expenditure Ceiling”, in force for over 16 months.Alleged victims: - More details... |
01 Aug 2018 |
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Information received concerning governmental decisions banning pregnant girls and adolescent mothers from attending schools and barring the dissemination of materials relevant to this issue.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Response to the reply of Turkish Government of 27 July 2017 to the communication dated 11 April 2017 (AL TUR 4/2017).Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
13 Apr 2018 (Ack.) 30 Apr 2018 (Annex) |
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Informations reçues concernant des expulsions forcées de familles Roms basées à Marseille, sans consultation préalable, sans garantie d’accès à un logement adéquat par la suite et avec des effets négatifs sur la scolarisation des enfants issus de ces familles. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the proposed amendments by the Government to the Law on Education with regard to the medium of instruction in basic and secondary education, as well as the recent judgment by the Constitutional Court that accepted the constitutionality of the “loyalty” clause for teachers and schools administrators introduced in the Law on Education in 2015 and 2016.Alleged victims: - More details... |
28 Mar 2018 09 Apr 2018 |
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Information received concerning the alleged violent repression of peaceful protests against Government interference at the Al Diaa school in Asmara, Eritrea, on 31 October 2017, and the arbitrary arrest and detention of several people including those linked to the school, protesters and perceived protesters, apparently in reaction to the legitimate exercise of their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of expression. Alleged victims: - More details... |
21 Feb 2018 |
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Information received concerning the directive on bilingual education issued on 28 June 2017 by Hotan’s Education Department.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
15 Mar 2018 |
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Information received concerning Memorandum Order No. 64, which calls for and allows random and mandatory drug testing at higher education institutions in the Philippines, as well as other measures affecting primary and secondary education institutions which will act as barriers to the enjoyment of the rights to education and health of students, including children.Alleged victims: - More details... |
18 Oct 2017 15 Aug 2018 |
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Information received concerning alleged acts of racial discrimination, continuous harassment and violence targeting Darfuri students.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the adverse situation and the violations of human rights of Qatari migrants in the United Arab Emirates, as well as Emirati migrants in the State of Qatar as a result of the United Arab Emirates government’s decision to suspend ties with the State of Qatar, particularly their right to movement and residence, family unity, education, work, freedom of opinion and expression, health and the right to property.Alleged victims: 12409 More details... |
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Information received concerning the adverse situation and the violations of human rights of Qatari migrants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as Saudi Arabian migrants in the State of Qatar as a result of the Saudi Arabian government’s decision to suspend ties with the State of Qatar. Alleged victims: 12409 More details... |
12 Dec 2017 |
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Information received concerning the adverse situation and the violations of human rights of Qatari migrants in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as well as Bahraini migrants in the State of Qatar as a result of the Kingdom of Bahrain government’s decision to suspend ties with the State of Qatar, particularly their right to movement and residence, family unity, education, work, freedom of opinion and expression, health and the right to property.Alleged victims: 12409 More details... |
18 Sep 2017 |
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Information received concerning a governmental decision banning pregnant girls and adolescent mothers from attending schools. Alleged victims: - More details... |
16 Aug 2017 (Ack.) |
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Información recibida en relación con alegaciones sobre la criminalización de estudiantes universitarios participantes en manifestaciones públicas bajo los delitos de usurpación y privación de la libertad, así como sobre actos de intimidación y amenazas de uso excesivo de la fuerza por parte de elementos de seguridad privada y de la Policía Nacional con el fin de dispersar manifestaciones estudiantiles pacíficas. Alleged victims: 3 More details... |
24 Nov 2017 (Ack.) |
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Information received concerning the allegation of the physical and sexual harassment of a fourteen-year-old girl and the violation of her fundamental rights, including her right to education.Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the deteriorating health conditions and violation of human rights of fourteen-year old girl and her four-year old brother in the context of their detention at the Australian Regional Processing Centre.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
27 Jul 2017 |
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Information received concerning the arrest,detention and conviction of members of the Bahá’í community in Iran as well as attacks on their property, sealing of their shops, exclusion from universities and threats.Alleged victims: 41 More details... |
21 Aug 2017 12 Oct 2017 06 Dec 2017 |
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Information received concerning two Projects of Law (PL), PL 867/2015 and PL 193/2016, called the federal “School Without Party Programme” bills, which contain provisions that unduly restrict the right to freedom of expression of students and teachers in Brazil.Alleged victims: - More details... |
12 Jun 2017 |
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Information received concerning alleged violations of economic and social rights caused by the exercise of emergency powers and the implementation of emergency measures by the Government in the aftermath of the coup attempt of 15 July 2016 and the consequent situation of poverty that many of the affected individuals and their families reportedly suffer. Alleged victims: - More details... |
06 Jun 2017 (Ack.) 27 Jul 2017 (Ack.) 27 Jul 2017 (Annex) 27 Jul 2017 (Annex) |
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A follow-up letter in response to the reply of the Brazilian Government to the previous communication dated 8 December 2016 (AL BRA 7/2016), concerning the constitutional amendment (EC-95) and its negative impact on the realization of economic and social rights in Brazil.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning a range of severe human rights violations perpetrated against children with disabilities in the public, as well as private, educational institutions of Australia.Alleged victims: - More details... |
23 May 2017 |
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Information received concerning the alleged detention and deportation of a Nigerian citizen on the basis of her health status, which was determined through testing without her informed consent. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
16 May 2017 |
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Información recibida respecto a la presunta falta de operatividad del derecho a la educación inclusiva sin discriminación por motivo de discapacidad, al denegar al Sr. Alan César Rodríguez, un joven con síndrome de Down, del título oficial de terminación de estudios secundarios en igualdad de condiciones con los demás estudiantes.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
20 Mar 2017 |
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Information received concerning measures that may amount to systematic discrimination against religious minorities, particularly the Rohingya Muslims, including arbitrary restrictions on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and to manifest one’s religion or belief in worship, obervance, practice and teaching.Alleged victims: - More details... |
11 Apr 2017 |
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Information received concerning the possible adoption of Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 55 (“PEC 55/2016”) and its impact on the realization of economic and social rights in Brazil.Alleged victims: - More details... |
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Presuntas violaciones de los derechos humanos a la vivienda, al agua y al saneamiento, a la salud, a la educación y a la alimentación de miembros de una comunidad romaní. Según la información recibida, desde 2005, unas 435 personas, habitantes de un asentamiento informal conocido como “El Gallinero” en Madrid, viven en condiciones precarias y de insalubridad. Las viviendas tendrían un acceso limitado a la electricidad y al agua potable; y carecerían de servicios de saneamiento y de recolección de basura adecuados. Los riesgos graves de salud y contaminación ambiental podrían ser la causa de varios casos de diarreas y deshidratación en niños pequeños. Debido a razones administrativas relacionadas con el empadronamiento o la situación irregular de las familias, los habitantes también tendrían un acceso limitado a medicamentos o servicios de salud, a servicios educativos y a ayudas económicas para la alimentación.Alleged victims: - More details... |
19 Jul 2016 |
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Allegation of potential adverse impact on the right to education from a proposed privatization of public schools by the Government of Liberia through a public-private partnership agreement. According to the information received, Liberia is negotiating to replace 50 public pre-primary and primary schools with schools operated by a private education provider, Bridge International Academies. The Government reportedly intends to privatize all public primary schools within five years. Concerns are raised that this may result in violations of the right to education.Alleged victims: - More details... |
25 May 2016 |
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Allegations concerning a government directive to close community schools and disruption of classes in Mindanao, regions XI and XII, due to systematic attacks reportedly committed by state and alleged paramilitary forces on schools. According to the information received, an official communication from the Department of Education of 12 May 2015 has instructed the closure of at least 24 community schools in Davao (region XI) and Caraga (region XIII), affecting more than 2,800 indigenous children, and their replacement by schools with military personnel as “para-teachers”. Additionally, other community schools in Mindanao have been increasingly disrupted or suspended due to alleged systematic attacks on schools and harassment of teachers, students and parents reportedly perpetrated by state and alleged paramilitary forces, often in collusion with local authorities.Alleged victims: - More details... |
07 Jan 2016 |
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Alleged systematic and persistent human rights violations of individuals belonging to Shia, Christian, Ahmadi, Hindu, Sikh and Sufi minority communities in Pakistan by non-state actors, and failure of the authorities to prevent, protect and investigate those acts with due diligence. According to the information received, since 2013, a large number of attacks in the form of intimidation, forced marriage, including child marriage, forced conversion, persecution, discrimination, hostility, violence and killings, and targeting members of religious minorities have taken place. The climate of impunity is allegedly fostered by Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and anti-Ahmadi laws, which allow for heavy punishments and have been used to prosecute and punish members of religious minorities and those who attempt to defend or speak out for them. Currently, there are at least 17 individuals on death row and another 19 serving life sentences for blasphemy in Pakistan. Reference is made to previous related communications sent on 22 November 2010, see A/HRC/16/53/Add.1, paras. 326-335; on 22 March 2012, see A/HRC/21/49, case no. PAK 3/2012; on 16 April, 22 May and 30 May 2014, see A/HRC/27/72, case nos. PAK 5/2014, PAK 7/2014 and PAK 8/2014; on 23 October and 5 November 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case nos. PAK 11/2014 and PAK 13/2014; and on 1 December 2014, see A/HRC/29/50, case no. PAK 14/2014.Alleged victims: 10 More details... |
21 Aug 2015 |
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Allegations concerning the possible detrimental impact of the ongoing reform of the 1929 Child Marriage Restraint Act on the rights of women and girls in Bangladesh. According to the information received, the Government of Bangladesh is currently reforming the 1929 Child Marriage Restraint Act. It is alleged that a proposed amendment includes an exception to the current minimum age of marriage of 18 for girls and 21 for boys. The suggested provision allegedly allows for the marriage of girls from the age of 16 with the consent of parents and the agreement of the court. It is further alleged that the revised Act has not been shared with civil society. Concern is expressed regarding the aforementioned envisaged exception in the revised Act which would in effect condone and legitimize child and forced marriages.Alleged victims: - More details... |
22 Jun 2015 |
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Allegations concerning persistence of legislation which directly or indirectly discriminates against women and girls, including provisions allowing for child marriage and polygamy. According to the information received, the 1929 Child Marriage Restraint Act, the 1872 Special Marriage Act and the 1961 Muslim Family Law Ordinance contravene international human rights law and standards in that they establish a different age for marriage for boys and girls, allow for girls to be married as young as 14 and permit polygamy. Concern is expressed that permitting girls’ marriage under the age of 18 is a discriminatory practice, rooted in prejudicial, customary or other practices based on stereotyped roles for men and women, and for boys and girls. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Allegations of forced cessation of activities of a human rights non-governmental organization working on, inter alia, women’s rights in Gilgit-Baltistan. According to the information received, on 25 February 2013, the Home Secretary of Gilgit-Baltistan, upon reception of a letter from the Home Department of Gilgit-Baltistan, issued an order to deputy commissioners and police officers of various districts to stop all activities of AGHE-Pakistan. This decision was allegedly taken due to pressure from religious extremist groups, which had previously made threats to members of the NGO to compel them to stop working on women's rights and girls’ education. AGHE-Pakistan has reportedly been the target of a defamation campaign by sectarian and fundamentalist groups which publicly labeled the NGO as a foreign organization; a number of government agencies reportedly exerted pressure on the organization to stop various projects funded by foreign donorsAlleged victims: - More details... |
25 Mar 2013 |
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Alleged assassination attempt against an advocate for girl’s education by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). According to information received, on 9 October, 2012 two gunmen stopped the school bus in which Ms. Malala Yousafzai was returning home from school in the Swat Valley, Pakistan, and shot her and two other girls, critically injuring Ms. Yousafzai. On 10 October, a spokesperson for the TTP claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement to national and international media, and indicated that if she survives, she, and others who preach “secularism and so called enlightened modernism” will be targeted again. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
27 Mar 2013 |
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Alleged excessive use of force against student protesters. According to the information received, on 16 August 2012, dozens of students attempted to conduct a protest march against cuts in provisions of scholarships. The march was reportedly stopped by heavily armed police forces, which reportedly targeted Mr. Sibusiso Dlamini, chairperson of Kwaluseni Campus of the University’s Students’ Representative Council (SRC). Police officers shot with rubber bullets to disperse student protesters, and Mr. Nkosinathi Methula and Mr. Brian Sangweni, two students, were reportedly severely injured. Mr. Bonginkhosi Dlamini, one of the students’ leaders, was also arrested during the protest and released a few hours later without any charge. On 4 September, another student march was stopped by police officers who used batons to disperse the crowd. It is reported that that these student protests follow similar demonstrations from civil servants and teachers which were also met with excessive use of force by police officers, including against pupils who joined the teachers’ strike. Alleged victims: 4 More details... | |
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Alleged systematic undermining of the autonomous functions and the rights to freedom of religion, culture and expression of the Tibetan Buddhist community. According to the information received, new management policies of the monasteries and patriotic re-education or legal education campaigns in the Tibet Autonomous Region have led to the closure of monasteries and the violation of freedom of religion or belief. Tibetans are allegedly restrained from observing certain religious holidays or celebrations. Furthermore, there have reportedly been 46 cases of self-immolation since 2009; about 600 Tibetans were detained after the first incident of self-immolation in Lhasa while several hundreds of Tibetans were expelled from Lhasa. There were also reports of the arrests of Tibetan pilgrims who attended a ten-day teaching - the Kalachakra Initiation- given by the Dalai Lama in India. As many as 64 Tibetan intellectuals, including artists, writers, singers and teachers were allegedly arrested for exercising their right to freedom of expression and participation in cultural life especially after March 2008. Allegedly, the whereabouts of 37 of the detained intellectuals, including artists, are unknown.Alleged victims: - More details... |
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Alleged restrictions on the rights of children and their parents to religious education. According to the information received, on 21 July 2011, the Upper Chamber of the Parliament of Tajikistan adopted the Parental Responsibility Law. Pursuant to its article 8, parents are obliged “not to let children-teenagers participate in the activity of religious organizations, with the exception of those officially enrolled in religious education.” Article 9 reportedly “bans the encouragement of children to receive education in illegal schools and education institutions as well as from individual persons who do not have permission for such activity” and requires parents “not to allow the education of adolescent children abroad without the permission of appropriate state agencies”. The Upper Chamber of the Parliament reportedly also adopted amendments to the Criminal Code on 21 July 2011. Article 160 as amended punishes organizers and participants in “unapproved gatherings, meetings, demonstrations, pickets and street processions”. Furthermore, a new article 307-4 punishes illegally teaching religious “extremist” doctrines. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Alleged expulsion of university students following participation in protests. According to the information received, on 13 March 2011, peaceful protests took place on the campus at the University of Bahrain, Manama to commemorate a student who was killed during the recent social unrest. Forty protesters were allegedly asked to report to a university “investigation panel”. During the first two weeks of May 2011, the forty students reportedly received official expulsion letters signed by the president of the university on the basis of violations of the university’s rules of conduct, including “causing any noise within the university campus” and “protesting against the legitimate institutions and agitating against national unity”. Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Alleged threats of forced displacement and discrimination against the Bedouin of the West Bank. According to the information received, the Bedouin of the West Bank were displaced from their tribal lands in the Negev desert in 1948. They are allegedly continuously exposed to the threat of forced displacement and discrimination, and live in an area of the occupied West Bank trapped between the policies of the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority. They are allegedly prevented from enjoying the minimum requirements of a dignified life, including lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Community representatives report that the Bedouin are no longer allowed to visit their relatives in the Negev. The rangeland and water that the Bedouin depend on for their livestock has reportedly become fragmented by the establishment of closed military areas, Israeli settlements, nature reserves, check points and the West Bank Barrier.Alleged victims: - More details... |
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