Nils Melzer

@NilsMelzer

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture; Human Rights Chair, Geneva Academy; Professor of International Law, University of Glasgow; Vice-President IIHL, Sanremo

Geneva, Switzerland
Vrijeme pridruživanja: srpanj 2018.

Medijski sadržaj

  1. 31. sij

    Coming up in London on Tuesday, 4 February:

  2. 28. sij

    CoE ParlAssembl calls for ’s release: “Member states should consider Assange's detention & prosecution a dangerous precedent & join the UN 's recommendation that his extradition to US be barred & that he must be promptly released.”

  3. 26. sij

    Thanks for showing international leadership in eradicating ! Only 30 days after my visit & recommendation the Govt has declared the CAT-Committee competent to receive individual torture complaints & thereby has empowered the people ()!

  4. 15. sij

    If you have problems with the link, search for: UN Doc: A/72/178 Report entitled: «Extra-custodial use of force and the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment» (20 July 2017)

  5. 13. sij

    (1/8) says “evaded justice”… and despite evidence of systematic & consistent due process violations in all jurisdictions continues to actively suppress legitimate concerns that these proceedings may not amount to “justice” at all. Well...

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  6. 13. sij

    To see how desperately interrupts & discredits ’s attempts to expose the gross arbitrariness of legal proceedings against is not only a deplorable betrayal of objective journalism but borders on suppression of legitimate dissent

  7. 30. pro 2019.

    Just out: My official letter to of 1 Nov 2019 explaining why continued detention of is not a lawful sanction but an open-ended, progressively severe coercive measure amounting to torture & should be discontinued & abolished without delay

  8. 30. pro 2019.

    (1/6) Just out: My letter to the Govt of 29 Oct 2019, detailing serious due process violations, expressing alarm at ’s detention conditions & health, reiterating my queries & calling for his prompt release. Direct link: (60 days & no response)

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  9. 26. pro 2019.

    1/5 IMPORTANT: This private account provides selective & complementary information only, including on issues unrelated to the UNSRT-mandate. For official information on activities & reports please visit or contact: sr-torture@ohchr.org

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  10. 2. pro 2019.

    My follow-up letter of 2 Oct asking to investigate & redress its contribution to ’s torture through isolation, harassment, surveillance, defamation & constant threat of expulsion, reiterating my queries of 28 May. No response so far. Link:

  11. 1. pro 2019.

    Already on 31 May 2019, I publicly expressed serious concerns & demanded urgent measures for the protection of 's rights, health & dignity, plus full investigation & redress. Six months later, his political persecution by UK&US continues unabated.

  12. 30. stu 2019.

    Thanks to for a brilliant : „Being rapacious does not make you a capitalist, it makes you a sociopath - if we want a more equitable, prosperous & sustainable economy, democracy & civil society, we must have a more inclusive economy»

  13. 30. stu 2019.

    ’s due process rights have been severely & systematically violated for 10 years at every stage of all proceedings in all jurisdictions. One year ago, I would not have believed that this is possible in democratic States such as the UK and Sweden.“

  14. 29. stu 2019.

    Thanks to organizers & Iain Munro and co-speakers , , Lisa Longstaff , , Fidel Narvaez, , , artists & supporters for this week’s «Free the Truth» event in London.

  15. 27. stu 2019.
  16. 27. stu 2019.

    My public statement of 27 November (Eng/Ger) at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on the occasion of the unveiling of the impressive sculpture "Anything to say?" dedicated to and by

  17. 26. stu 2019.

    Just out: My preliminary observations & recommendations to the Govt of the Maldives after concluding my official visit to the country 17 – 24 November 2019:

  18. 17. stu 2019.

    Thanks for inviting me to speak on this important panel on the case . Videolink: ( at: 31:48-52:12 & 1:31:55-1:40:50)

  19. 15. stu 2019.

    Honoured to carry out my first official visit to the Maldives 17-24 November.

  20. 11. stu 2019.

    : FULL PIC of Govt's disappointing response to my detailed & diligent inquiries of 12 Sept & 28 May, flatly refusing: - to explain its handling of the case - to provide the requested information - to engage in a constructive dialogue with

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