📢 The UN Human Rights Committee 🇺🇳 is calling for inputs on its draft General Comment No. 38 on article 22 of the #ICCPR on freedom of association 📝 Submissions are open until 19 December 2025 ➡️ Learn more on our webpage: ccprcentre.org/ccprpages/the…

On #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty, we stand with human rights defenders in the DRC. We call on the authorities to protect civic space and reinstate an official moratorium on executions. #PeinedeMort #NoDeathPenalty #ConsortiumDeathPenaltyAbolition

📢 The 2024 Yearbook on the Jurisprudence of the UN Human Rights Committee 🇺🇳 is here! It offers a comprehensive analysis of all Views adopted in 2024, tracking key trends, emblematic cases & challenges. 📖 Read here: ccprcentre.org/ccprpages/the…

🆕 The #HRCttee has just published its latest recommendations for: 🔹Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 🔹Haiti 🇭🇹 🔹Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 🔹Latvia 🇱🇻 🔹North Macedonia 🇲🇰 🔹Spain 🇪🇸 🔹Viet Nam 🇻🇳 Available here: shorturl.at/QgHWs

#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.

On institutional care in #Germany 🇩🇪, #HRCttee 🇺🇳 grades: 🟡 a, b, c, e. Noted abuse prevention and legal steps, but calls for more reforms 🔴 d. Criticizes ongoing allowance of forced sterilization of adults with disabilities 🟢 f. Praised COVID-19 protections for older persons

#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 🟡

#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) 🟡

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) 🟡

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) 🟡

The #HRCttee 🇺🇳 just started its adoption of the follow-up reports on concluding observations of #Germany 🇩🇪 and #Armenia 🇦🇲 🔴 Follow live here: webtv.un.org/en

On judicial independence, #Vietnam 🇻🇳 tells the #HRCttee 🇺🇳 that judicial oversight includes regular inspections and a complaint mechanism under the Supreme People’s Court, which can discipline judges. The system is describe as "strict and robust."

#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

#HRCttee 🇺🇳 member Ndiaye finds #Vietnam 🇻🇳’s replies insufficient and presses further: 'Who disciplines judges, and how is independence from the Party ensured? Can non-Party candidates run without approval? What protects lawyers in sensitive cases from reprisals?'

#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

#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