Tag: United Nations

Vietnam UPR Working Group Makes Submission to UN Human Rights Council

A coalition of Vietnamese and international organizations made a submission to the UN for consideration of the 32nd session of…

Center for International Human Rights asks UN human rights experts to intervene with Government of Vietnam on behalf of exiled Vietnamese human rights and pro-democracy activist Pham Minh Hoang

As the one-year anniversary of his forced exile from Vietnam approaches, the Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) of Northwestern…

Viet Nam: UN rights experts urge release of activists jailed for protesting toxic spill

GENEVA (23 February 2018) – UN human rights experts* have called for the release of individuals jailed for writing about…

Viet Nam condemned strongly by UN Working Group

June 30, 2017 The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has published an Opinion in June 2017 calling for the…

UN Working Group Rules in Favour Regarding Detention of Nguyen Dang Minh Man

In a decision announced on September 22, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) in Geneva ruled favourably…

United Nations Declares Detention of Vietnamese Activist “Arbitrary”

In a victory for freedom of association in Vietnam, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called for…

A victory in the fight for freedom of expression in Vietnam

November 4, 2016 The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called for the release of a Vietnamese photojournalist, Mihn…

Open Letter to Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

Support resolution on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the internet (A/HRC/32/L.20) 29 June 2016 Your Excellency,…