UN experts alarmed by complicity of online pornographic platforms and other intermediaries in large-scale sexual exploitation of women and girls. “This creates a system in which victims are constantly retraumatised and forced to chase their own abuse.”
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UN experts concerned Council of Europe’s Chișinău Declaration narrows scope and application of European Convention on Human Rights. “Border management cannot come at the expense of the prohibition of torture, effective remedies and non-discrimination.”
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#Belarus: UN experts raise alarm over treatment of political prisoners, urge medical intervention. "The situation may amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and in some cases could constitute torture".
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#CentralAfricanRepublic: UN expert Aristide Nononsi concerned by persistent violence, insecurity & rights violations. “I urge authorities & intl. partners to continue efforts protecting civilians, strengthening the rule of law, justice & reconciliation.”
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Beatriz Miranda Galarza, the UN Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, will conduct an official visit to #Colombia from 2 to 10 June.
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#Palestine: UN experts warn about escalating #Israeli settler terror and existential risk posed to Palestinian communities. “Attacks serve as instrument of coercion in the hands of the occupying power, facilitating ethnic cleansing.”
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UN expert @unsrvaw.bsky.social welcomes Colombian Supreme Court ruling recognising commercial sexual exploitation as part of system of violence: "Those who create demand are not passive participants in an illicit market, but direct exploiters".
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#ElSalvador: UN experts alarmed by year-long detention of lawyer & woman human rights defender Ruth López, warning that unreasonable & disproportionate measures reinforce patterns of social control to silence & delegitimise women leaders in public sphere.
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#Kazakhstan: UN expert on development Surya Deva commends economic development and digitalisation, calls on the gov't to accelerate a just transition to a green economy & ensure the participation of people in all development-related decision making.
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The UN expert on independence of judges and lawyers @unsr-judges.bsky.social will visit Poland from 18 to 29 May 2026.
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