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Latest news about the UN Human Rights Committee #HRCttee & #ICCPR
Latest news about the UN Human Rights Committee #HRCttee & #ICCPR
#HRCttee 🇺🇳 grades #Germany 🇩🇪 with a 🟡 B on the right to privacy, welcoming reforms to surveillance laws and the creation of an independent oversight body. However, it raises concerns over the lack of clear information on how these reforms are applied and remedies for abuse.
July 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#HRCttee 🇺🇳 welcomes #Germany’s 🇩🇪 2021 law banning non-consensual sex-assignment surgeries on #intersex children unless medically necessary & court-approved. However, it remains concerned about lack of concrete steps to ensure implementation and access to remedies.
Grade: B 🟡
Grade: B 🟡
July 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#HRCttee 🇺🇳 welcomes #Germany’s 🇩🇪 2021 law banning non-consensual sex-assignment surgeries on #intersex children unless medically necessary & court-approved. However, it remains concerned about lack of concrete steps to ensure implementation and access to remedies.
Grade: B 🟡
Grade: B 🟡
#HRCttee 🇺🇳 downgraded its assessment from 🟡 B to 🔴 C (not satisfactory) on para. 40(a) over the prolonged lack of accountability for the 2008 crackdown. With investigations still pending 15+ years later and no victim compensation, impunity and inadequate redress persist
On peaceful assembly #HRCttee 🇺🇳 welcomes #Armenia’s 🇦🇲 reforms, including Police Guard and legal amendments, but raises concern over continued excessive force, arbitrary arrests and impunity, especially for 2008, 2015, 2016 & 2018 protests
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
July 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#HRCttee 🇺🇳 downgraded its assessment from 🟡 B to 🔴 C (not satisfactory) on para. 40(a) over the prolonged lack of accountability for the 2008 crackdown. With investigations still pending 15+ years later and no victim compensation, impunity and inadequate redress persist
#HRCttee 🇺🇳 praises #Armenia’s 🇦🇲 electoral reforms but flags legal barriers preventing persons declared “incapacitated” from voting or standing for office. It also calls for stronger enforcement and updates on the 2024 reform package.
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
July 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#HRCttee 🇺🇳 praises #Armenia’s 🇦🇲 electoral reforms but flags legal barriers preventing persons declared “incapacitated” from voting or standing for office. It also calls for stronger enforcement and updates on the 2024 reform package.
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
On peaceful assembly #HRCttee 🇺🇳 welcomes #Armenia’s 🇦🇲 reforms, including Police Guard and legal amendments, but raises concern over continued excessive force, arbitrary arrests and impunity, especially for 2008, 2015, 2016 & 2018 protests
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
July 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
On peaceful assembly #HRCttee 🇺🇳 welcomes #Armenia’s 🇦🇲 reforms, including Police Guard and legal amendments, but raises concern over continued excessive force, arbitrary arrests and impunity, especially for 2008, 2015, 2016 & 2018 protests
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
The #HRCttee 🇺🇳 welcomes #Armenia’s 🇦🇲 steps to combat domestic violence #GBV, including legal reforms and the "SAFE YOU" app, but urges stronger enforcement, better victim support, and progress on ratifying the Istanbul Convention.
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
July 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The #HRCttee 🇺🇳 welcomes #Armenia’s 🇦🇲 steps to combat domestic violence #GBV, including legal reforms and the "SAFE YOU" app, but urges stronger enforcement, better victim support, and progress on ratifying the Istanbul Convention.
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
Grade: B (partially satisfactory) 🟡
The #HRCttee 🇺🇳 adopted its follow-up reports on concluding observations of #Germany 🇩🇪 and #Armenia 🇦🇲
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🔴 Watch again here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10...
4257th Meeting, 144th Session, Human Rights Committee (CCPR)
Progress report of Special Rapporteur on concluding observations
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July 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The #HRCttee 🇺🇳 adopted its follow-up reports on concluding observations of #Germany 🇩🇪 and #Armenia 🇦🇲
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🔴 Watch again here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10...
🆕 The #HRCttee has just published its latest recommendations for:
🔹Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
🔹Haiti 🇭🇹
🔹Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
🔹Latvia 🇱🇻
🔹North Macedonia 🇲🇰
🔹Spain 🇪🇸
🔹Viet Nam 🇻🇳
Available here: shorturl.at/QgHWs
🔹Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
🔹Haiti 🇭🇹
🔹Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
🔹Latvia 🇱🇻
🔹North Macedonia 🇲🇰
🔹Spain 🇪🇸
🔹Viet Nam 🇻🇳
Available here: shorturl.at/QgHWs
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July 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🆕 The #HRCttee has just published its latest recommendations for:
🔹Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
🔹Haiti 🇭🇹
🔹Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
🔹Latvia 🇱🇻
🔹North Macedonia 🇲🇰
🔹Spain 🇪🇸
🔹Viet Nam 🇻🇳
Available here: shorturl.at/QgHWs
🔹Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
🔹Haiti 🇭🇹
🔹Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
🔹Latvia 🇱🇻
🔹North Macedonia 🇲🇰
🔹Spain 🇪🇸
🔹Viet Nam 🇻🇳
Available here: shorturl.at/QgHWs
#HRCttee 🇺🇳 raised concerns once again over the broad restrictions on freedom of expression in #Vietnam 🇻🇳, reminding that under General Comment 34, any limits must be lawful, necessary & proportionate.
Shutting down media outlets for “distorting information” may be excessive
Shutting down media outlets for “distorting information” may be excessive
July 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
#Vietnam 🇻🇳 replies to #HRCttee 🇺🇳 that civil society operates freely within the law and no one is prosecuted solely for CSO membership, including HRDs or journalists. Recent convictions, such as for tax evasion, followed legal procedures and clemency was granted where applicable
July 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
#Vietnam 🇻🇳 replies to #HRCttee 🇺🇳 that Decree 126/2024 regulates associations to ensure lawful operation and prevent abuses like terrorist financing.
It cites over 70,000 registered groups and claims the rules are transparent and non-discriminatory, in line with the Constitution.
It cites over 70,000 registered groups and claims the rules are transparent and non-discriminatory, in line with the Constitution.
July 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
#Vietnam 🇻🇳 replies to #HRCttee 🇺🇳 and justifies restrictions on online speech as necessary to combat disinformation and protect national security, citing threats from foreign websites spreading false information. It insists that its legal framework aligns with int' obligations
July 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
#Vietnam 🇻🇳 replies to the #HRCttee 🇺🇳 and claims to promote religious freedom and equality among all communities, highlighting outreach efforts such as conferences and legal awareness activities in 2024.
Decree 45 on religious freedom has also been revised for greater clarity.
Decree 45 on religious freedom has also been revised for greater clarity.
July 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
#Vietnam 🇻🇳 responds to #HRCttee 🇺🇳 climate questions by highlighting its 1M-hectare low-emission rice program in Mekong Delta (2024–2030)
Involving 44 ethnic groups—including Khmer Krom, Hoa & Cham—it uses sustainable methods to boost yields, cut emissions & improve livelihoods
Involving 44 ethnic groups—including Khmer Krom, Hoa & Cham—it uses sustainable methods to boost yields, cut emissions & improve livelihoods
July 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The continuation of the #HRCttee 🇺🇳 #ICCPR review of #VietNam 🇻🇳 just started!
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4245st Meeting, 144th Session, Human Rights Committee (CCPR)
Consideration of Viet Nam (cont'd)
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July 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The continuation of the #HRCttee 🇺🇳 #ICCPR review of #VietNam 🇻🇳 just started!
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#HRCttee 🇺🇳 raises concern about persistence of discrimination and violence against #LGBTIQ+ people in #Vietnam 🇻🇳 despite the de-pathologization of homosexuality and transsexuality
Cases of stigmatization, harassment, and exclusion persist, especially in rural areas and schools
Cases of stigmatization, harassment, and exclusion persist, especially in rural areas and schools
July 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#HRCttee 🇺🇳 notes credible reports of torture, ill-treatment & abusive solitary confinement in #VietNam 🇻🇳 targeting activists, journalists & religious minorities.
Authorities deny such practices and fail to guarantee independent investigations/sanctions against those responsible
Authorities deny such practices and fail to guarantee independent investigations/sanctions against those responsible
July 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#HRCttee 🇺🇳 remains concerned about #VietNam 🇻🇳application of the #deathpenalty
The State has reduced the number of punishable crimes, but it has not explained why it has not moved toward full abolition or how remaining capital offences align with the ICCPR’s 'most serious crimes' standard
The State has reduced the number of punishable crimes, but it has not explained why it has not moved toward full abolition or how remaining capital offences align with the ICCPR’s 'most serious crimes' standard
July 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#HRCttee 🇺🇳 remains concerned about #VietNam 🇻🇳application of the #deathpenalty
The State has reduced the number of punishable crimes, but it has not explained why it has not moved toward full abolition or how remaining capital offences align with the ICCPR’s 'most serious crimes' standard
The State has reduced the number of punishable crimes, but it has not explained why it has not moved toward full abolition or how remaining capital offences align with the ICCPR’s 'most serious crimes' standard
Minister of Justice of #VietNam 🇻🇳 Mr. Hai Ninh underlines importance of the dialogue with #HRCttee 🇺🇳 and claims progress after last review with adoption of the National Action Plan on legal reforms, access to justice, human rights education, and coordination with UN mechanisms
July 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM