Next week, a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly will convene in New York to adopt a final outcome document to mark the conclusion of the ten-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society (the WSIS+10 process).
Fundamental freedoms key to ensuring peaceful and fair elections in Venezuela
GENEVA (4 December 2015) – Two United Nations human rights experts today called on the Venezuelan Government to guarantee the security of all individuals ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, and to urgently remove all obstacles to peaceful public participation. “Reinstituting
Call for submissions for ICT Sector Project
I’m very pleased to announce the launch of a new long-term project that will explore the responsibilities of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector to protect and promote the freedom of opinion and expression. The announcement at the OHCHR
UN rights experts urge Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh
GENEVA (3 December 2015) – United Nations human rights experts today urged the Government of Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of Ashraf Fayadh, artist and poet of Palestinian origin born in Saudi Arabia, condemned to death for apostasy. According