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UN expert: Human rights defenders in the Marshall Islands engaged in collective pursuit of justice and human rights across generations
Civilians trapped between extreme State repression and violations arising from devastating conflict with US, Israel, UN Fact-Finding Mission finds: Iran
UN Expert Mechanism calls for racial justice-centred reform of drug laws and policies
Deeming welcomes Victoria Police change of heart on protection for women’s rights rally
REACTION: Red Lines Legislation
Türk denounces near-total dismantling of democracy in Nicaragua, detailed in UN Human Rights report
Total dismantling of democracy in Nicaragua: Report
Report warns of transnational repression and reprisals against individuals and organisations cooperating with the UN
UN experts: Meta settlement raises important accountability questions, but rights-based solutions require public participation and adherence to global standards
UN experts outraged by funeral honours accorded to Ratko Mladić, former general convicted of Srebrenica genocide
Amidst limited political changes, country’s repressive apparatus remains intact, UN Fact-Finding Mission says: Venezuela
UN experts: Penalising peasant seed systems threatens global food supply
Use of spyware against opposition and dissenting voices affects elections quality, warn UN experts: Serbia
UN Working Group says “technology-enabled mercenarism” on the rise, urgent action needed to safeguard human rights
Criminal justice system weaponized to crush dissent, UN experts say: Belarus
Türk says recovery of remains in Gaza three years later adds to Palestinian trauma
District Court Strengthened By New Judicial Appointment
Commissioners condemn Senator Hanson’s racist remarks targeting First Peoples
Coordination Committee of Special Procedures calls for renewed support to mandate holders in challenging times: “We remain unbowed and undeterred”
United States must protect female prisoners from sex-based violence, privacy violations and retaliation, says Special Rapporteur
Türk calls for urgent, meaningful action to tackle unprecedented AI risks
To protect human rights now and into the future, we must govern AI urgently
UN Fact-Finding Mission calls for immediate cessation of hostilities after deadly US airstrikes hit civilians: Iran
UN expert: Participation of people essential for inclusive and sustainable development
Sentences against three activists regrettable: Hong Kong SAR
UN expert group to review 518 cases from 44 countries at 140th Session: Enforced disappearances
UN commission warns of growing risks to civilians and democratic transition as violence and impunity persist: South Sudan
New workplace sexual harassment complaint options tool launched
Türk says “deafening silence” for suffering Afghans, urges renewed pressure
UN expert charts path to address proliferating unilateral sanctions and their human rights impacts
Native title pioneer awarded for championing underprivileged
UN expert calls for embedded multipolarity rooted in UN Charter to strengthen human rights
UN experts demand justice for killing of Agro-Environmental Judge Victor Claure Hinojoza: Bolivia
Accountability, inclusion, and non-recurrence central to successful transition, UN Syria Commisssion says: Syria
Sacred Heart Advocacy Forum hears how society can make our communities safer for people without a home
A year since Afghan women staff barred from entering United Nations premises across the country
Taliban policies denying Afghan children a future, warns UN expert
UN experts urge immediate halt to Christa Pike’s execution: USA
UN experts urge Pakistan to end persecution of Ahmadiyya community and uphold freedom of religion or belief
UN disability rights committee publishes findings on Chile, Lithuania, Qatar, Slovakia, and Sri Lanka
UN expert warns Israeli rubble-clearing could erase traces of atrocity crimes: Gaza
Ban Wear it Purple Day from Australian schools, not the brave teachers who call it out – Shelton
Labor extends racist and failed compulsory income management indefinitely
Monash’s Castan Centre for Human Rights Law advocacy prompts UN Human Rights intervention over Melbourne public housing towers
Labor slammed an “international human rights disgrace” as UN condemns public housing demolition 
UN experts: Honduras must immediately halt mass evictions of peasant, Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities
UN expert on human rights defenders to visit the Marshall Islands
Israeli forces expelled Palestinian refugees from three West Bank camps, in violation of international law – UN report

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