GENEVA (26 March 2020) – The COVID-19 crisis cannot be solved with public health and emergency measures only; all other human rights must be addressed too, UN human rights experts* said today. “Everyone, without exception, has the right to life-saving
China: UN experts gravely concerned by enforced disappearance of three human rights defenders
Chinese version GENEVA (23 March 2020) – UN human rights experts* expressed their grave concern about the welfare of three human rights defenders who were forcibly disappeared by the Chinese authorities shortly after their arrest in December 2019. Three Chinese
COVID-19: Governments must promote and protect access to and free flow of information during pandemic – International experts
Spanish GENEVA / WASHINGTON / VIENNA (19 March 2020) – In light of the growing disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the monitors for freedom of expression and freedom of the media for the United Nations, the Inter-American Commission for Human
COVID-19: States should not abuse emergency measures to suppress human rights – UN experts
French | Spanish GENEVA (16 March 2020) – UN human rights experts* today urged States to avoid overreach of security measures in their response to the coronavirus outbreak and reminded them that emergency powers should not be used to quash dissent. “While