UNITED NATIONS, Jan 07 (APP): A UN human rights expert has called for urgent measures to protect civilian aircraft flying over conflict zones or other areas where military tensions are high, and recommended an independent monitoring body. Agnes Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, made the appeal ahead of the… Continue reading UN expert calls for ‘clear’ standards to protect civilian planes during conflicts
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UN expert welcomes British court’s refusal to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 06 (APP): A UN human rights expert has welcomed a British court’s refusal to extradite Wikileaks founded Julian Assange to the United States on the basis that he would be exposed to oppressive conditions of imprisonment. In a statement on Tuesday, Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on torture, said that such conditions… Continue reading UN expert welcomes British court’s refusal to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
UN rights expert urges US to remove sanctions hindering rebuilding in Syria
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 29 (APP): A UN human rights expert Tuesday called upon the United States to remove unilateral sanctions against Syria that hamper efforts to rebuild the war-torn country’s destroyed civilian infrastructure. Alena Douhan, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impacts of unilateral coercive measures on human rights, voiced concerns that sanctions imposed… Continue reading UN rights expert urges US to remove sanctions hindering rebuilding in Syria
