The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcome the recommendations issued by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee to improve the respect of civil and political rights in Vietnam. The organizations urge the Vietnamese authorities to fully implement the committee’s recommendations …
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GENEVA, 7 July 2025 (VCHR): As the UN Human Rights Committee meets to examine the fourth periodic report of Vietnam on implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) at its 144th Session in Geneva, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and FIDH (International Federation for …
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PARIS, 27 May 2025 (VCHR) – On 26 May 2025, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) published a Joint Shadow Report ahead of the review of Vietnam’s fourth periodic report on its implementation of the UN International Covenant on Civil and …
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GENEVA, 11 May 2024 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcomes the 320 recommendations made by 133 UN member states to improve human rights in Vietnam at the 4th Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam at the United Nations’ Human Rights Council in Geneva on 7 May 2024. …
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PARIS, 11 October 2023 (VCHR) – On October 11, 2023, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) made a joint submission with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) to the UN Human Rights Council for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Vietnam, which is scheduled to take place …
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PARIS, 18 November 2022 (VCHR & FIDH) – FIDH and VCHR welcome the assessment by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (CCPR), which gave Vietnam’s government poor grades concerning the implementation of the committee’s recommendations on the death penalty, freedom of expression, and human rights defenders. On 11 November …
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PARIS, 17 February 2020 (VCHR & FIDH) – The European Union (EU) must use the upcoming human rights dialogue with Vietnam’s government to demand an end to its crackdown on civil society, the amendment of repressive laws, and the immediate release of all political prisoners, FIDH and its member organization …
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PARIS, 29 March 2019 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcomes the “Concluding Observations” published today by the UN Human Rights Committee on Vietnam’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The report reveals grave and systematic violations of civil and political rights …
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GENEVA, 11 March 2019 (VCHR): As the UN Human Rights Committee meets at its 125th Session in Geneva to examine the periodic report of Vietnam on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), one of the UN’s most important human rights instruments, the Vietnam Committee …
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PARIS, 4 March 2019 (FIDH & VCHR) – The European Union (EU) must urge the Vietnamese government to end its ongoing crackdown on peaceful dissent, repeal its repressive laws, and immediately release all political prisoners, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. The two …
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