Apr 11, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
11 April 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today welcomed the unilateral ceasefire declared by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on 1 March 2025, after more than 40 years of conflict with Türkiye. “After so much bloodshed and insecurity, we urge the PKK and the Turkish...
Oct 15, 2024 | Reports, Top-line
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression examines the impact of the conflict in Gaza on freedom of expression globally. She highlights attacks on journalists and media restrictions,...
Feb 14, 2024 | Statements
GENEVA (13 February 2024) – Undue restrictions imposed by States on peaceful protests and civil society working to protect human rights and advocating for respect of humanitarian law in the context of the war on Gaza, run contrary to States’ obligation under...
Feb 1, 2024 | Statements, Top-line
GENEVA (31 January 2024) – The landmark ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) offers the first concrete hope to protect civilians in Gaza enduring apocalyptic humanitarian conditions, destruction, mass killing, wounding and irreparable trauma, UN experts*...
Jan 8, 2024 | News, Top-line
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Irene Khan, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, said: “What the Israeli forces are doing is leading to indiscriminate and massive killing of civilians including journalists. There needs to be...
