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UN experts demand immediate release of ex-lawmaker Leila de Lima: Philippines
UN expert warns constitutional referendum in Central African Republic poses human rights risks
UN experts call for rights-based approach to combat desertification, land degradation and drought
High Commissioner appalled by killing of West Darfur Governor: Sudan
Loss of life in Mediterranean “horrific tragedy” – Türk
Türk urges ‘new course’ to ensure free and fair vote: Cambodia
UN expert on debt and human rights to visit Liechtenstein
“The UN and us”: Berlin Youth Conference
UN expert: Widespread use of torture by Russian military in Ukraine appears deliberate
Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and…
ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Unhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT): Toolkit
Human rights experts call for inclusive data collection to end gender-based violence in old age
UN Human Rights Chief calls for equal and meaningful participation of women in public and political life
“We need to double our budget” – High Commissioner Volker Türk
Peru violated child rape victim’s rights by failing to guarantee access to abortion and criminally prosecuting her for self-abortion, UN Committee finds
Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Third Regular Session from 19 June to 14 July 2023
UN expert concerned about legal doctrine threatening Indigenous Peoples’ rights: Brazil
Senegal – protests and communications clampdown
UN expert: Inclusion of persons with albinism continues to be key to ending inequality
Gendered impact of the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic on women and girls
Concerns over the continued devastating impact of the fighting in Sudan on civilians
Detention of followers of the minority Baha’i faith
ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Toolkit
UN expert: Russia must drop charges against Oleg Orlov, Nobel Prize-winning “Memorial” leader
The rights of civil society members are being violated by all entities in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, UN Commission of…
UN experts: UN experts back draft New York bill to ensure effective and fair debt relief
UN expert: Bangladesh must suspend pilot project to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar
Türk addresses the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
After 30 years, the UN’s human rights Office is “a force for unity”
UN expert calls for stronger protection for victims of sexual violence: Spain
Climate protection as a human right
UN expert alarmed by rise in hateful rhetoric after mass shootings: Serbia
civilian casualty update 5 June 2023: Ukraine
UN expert: Honduras must seize historic opportunity to prevent andinvestigate unlawful deaths
Abortion bans put millions of women and girls at risk, UN experts say: United States
El Salvador – State of emergency
Nicaragua – Silencing of critical voices
Viet Nam – Detention of environmental human rights defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong
UN experts: New and emerging technologies need urgent oversight and robust transparency
UN experts warn of “toxic tidal wave” as plastic pollutes environment and threatens human rights
UN experts decry devastating second round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugees: Bangladesh
OHCHR Report 2022
Building Rights-Based Foundations for Development – Consolidated Annual Report of the Human Rights Mainstreaming Fund 2022 – 31 December 2022
Volker Türk in Vienna from 5-8 June for 30th anniversary of landmark declaration that paved way for UN Human Rights Office
Verdict on atrocity crimes in the former Yugoslavia major step to addressing impunity – UN Human Rights Chief
Climate action must be a key priority for National Human Rights Institutions, says Türk
Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on passing of Thomas Buergenthal
UN expert calls for effective protection of victims of trafficking: Colombia