A congratulatory telegram on the 25th anniversary of the founding of the International Criminal Court

The mechanisms of justice must act now, raise their voices now, or remain silent forever

October 18, 2023

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Joint NGO Letter

Achieving Justice for Victims and Promoting Lasting Peace in Yemen

September 7, 2022

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Bahrain: Open letter to Danish Prime Minister to take immediate action to free Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja

Al-Khawaja continues to protest his arbitrary detention. Since his arrest, Al-Khawaja has undertaken six hunger strikes (of liquids only), including one lasting 110 days in 2012, to protest conditions in Jau Prison and his unjust imprisonment. Shortly after his arrest, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that Al-Khawaja’s arrest is arbitrary, as it resulted from his exercise of the fundamental rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and association, and called for his release.

Sunday, January 24, 2021

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Urgent Appeal: Arbitrary Detention, Enforced Disappearance and Torture of Yemeni Journalists in Sana’a by Ansar Allah; Four Sentenced to Death

Ansar Allah forces forcibly disappeared or arbitrarily and abusively detained the journalists at various points since June 2015.

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

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Re: 2020 annual report on children and armed conflict

. We are writing to urge you to reconsider your decisions to de-list the Saudi-led coalition for killing and maiming children in Yemen, and the Tatmadaw for recruiting and using children in Myanmar.

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

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Saudi/Emirati-led Coalition responsibility for attacks against health care in Yemen

We are writing to strongly urge you to re-list the coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for attacks on schools and hospitals – in addition to continuing to list other perpetrators in the conflict, including the Houthis / Ansar Allah – in the annexes of your forthcoming annual report on children and armed conflict.

Thursday, May 21, 2020

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Welcoming the publication of the United Nations Database of Businesses Engaged in Activities Related to Israeli Settlements

The database’s release demonstrates the commitment of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to upholding human rights standards and the rule of law in pursuit of justice and accountability for oppressed persons, groups and peoples around the world, while reaffirming OHCHR’s independence and impartiality in the face of undue political pressure.

Monday, March 23, 2020

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Joint Letter to leaders of warring parties in Yemen on Human Rights Day

We specifically write to ask you to build on recent positive steps by using your authority and influence to help ensure the release of all those arbitrarily detained, an end to enforced disappearances, torture and other ill-treatment, the improvement of conditions of detention.

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

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To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

We believe taking up the GEE’s recommendations would be in line with the Council’s responsibility to address situations of human rights violations, including gross and systematic violations, to advance accountability, and to prevent further human rights violations and abuses.

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

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Open letter to the Sudanese Professionals Association

The continued engagement of Sudanese forces in the bloody war in Yemen is a key test for the change process in Sudan. Regional and international human rights organizations have documented gruesome violations to human rights on the hands of the Saudi-Emirati led coalition that encompasses Sudanese forces in addition to other countries.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019