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UN Agent Blames Venezuelans' Suffering on Foreign Sanctions
January 09, 2018
UN Independent Expert Alfred de Zayas has praised the government of Venezuela for releasing some of its political prisoners and called on "all men and women of goodwill" to help relieve problems in the country "resulting in part from sanctions and boycotts against Venezuela that have only aggravated the suffering being endured by Venezuelans of all social classes."
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UN Mandate Holder Criticizes Polish Judicial Changes
January 09, 2018
UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Diego García-Sayán has published a statement characterizing Poland's most recent judicial reforms - some of which give political officials the authority to remove judges - as "a vicious attempt to place the whole judicial system under the control of the executive and legislative branches."
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UN Agent Cautions US Court on Implications of Privacy Case
January 09, 2018
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy Joseph Cannataci recently submitted a brief to the US Supreme Court in a case involving the validity of a search warrant demanding information stored in an Irish data center, advising it that the Court should issue a narrow ruling to avoid "unintended but adverse implications for the protection of the right to privacy worldwide."
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UN Agent Critiques Peruvian Road-Building Bill
January 08, 2018
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz has warned that Peru may be threatening the "fundamental human rights of isolated indigenous peoples" through legislation promoting road-building in remote jungle areas of the country.
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US Negotiates UN Budget Decrease
January 08, 2018
AP reports that the US government has taken credit for the negotiation of a decrease of more than $285 million in the UN's 2018-2019 budget.
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