Ms. Michelle Bachelet High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais Wilson – United Nations Geneva, Switzerland 27 November 2018 Joint Open Letter to the High Commissioner for Human Rights Re: UN …
NGO statement in support of the International Parliamentary Conference for Peace in Yemen
As humanitarian, human rights and peacebuilding organizations working on Yemen, we welcome tomorrow’s unprecedented coming together of legislators from across nations and parties for the first International Parliamentary Conference for …
UPR Report: UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF YEMEN 2019
This report will inform the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Third Periodic Review of Yemen’s human rights record. In its last review in 2014, the Government of Yemen accepted recommendations …
Saudi Arabia: Kingdom must be held to account for suppression of dissent, following murder of journalist and widespread arrest of women’s rights defenders
Recognising the fundamental right to express our views, free from repression, we the undersigned civil society organisations call on the international community, including the United Nations, multilateral and regional institutions …
Civil Society Statement: 10 Priorities for Peace and Justice in Yemen
The undersigned local, regional, and international organizations follow with great concern the military operations across Yemen and the collapsed September 2018 Geneva peace talks. The Yemen war has led to …
Palestine | Three reasons why the European Union should support the United Nations Database on businesses activities related to Israeli settlements
The undersigned human rights organisations stress the utmost importance of European Union (EU) and Member States supporting the United Nations (UN) Database on businesses operating in Israeli settlements (the Database), …
END IMPUNITY AND OPEN INVESTIGATION ON PALESTINE
Dear Madam Prosecutor, Today, on 17 September 2018, 25 civil society organisations including coalitions urge you to urgently open an investigation into the Situation in Palestine. The International Criminal Court …
Bahrain: 127 Rights groups call for immediate release of Nabeel Rajab after UN group calls his detention arbitrary and discriminatory
For the second time since 2013, the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has issued an Opinion regarding the legality of the detention of Mr. Nabeel Rajab …
Yemen: The need for the UN Human Rights Council to renew and strengthen the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights CouncilExcellency, We, the undersigned NGOs, urge your government to support the renewal and strengthening of the mandate …
Re: Israel’s unlawful closure and blockade of the Gaza Strip under international law
Dear High Representative Federica Mogherini, Dear Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Dear EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs, We are writing regarding the alarming situation in the Gaza Strip, to call on you …