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UN experts alarmed by deteriorating human rights situation of lawyers: Tunisia
UN expert on right to housing to visit Guatemala
UN expert on human trafficking to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo
UN expert on the rights of persons with disabilities to visit Colombia
UN experts welcome arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders: Afghanistan
UN experts hail landmark Inter-American Court opinion on States’ extensive duties to protect the climate
UN experts urge Thailand to drop charges against Pimsiri Petchnamrob and other pro-democracy rights defenders
UN Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee Condemns US Sanctions On Francesca Albanese: Silence Is Not Option
Indigenous Peoples’ right to data to be discussed at 18th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on U.S. sanctions against Francesca Albanese
UN Special Rapporteur: Russia must release ill lawyer Maria Bontsler, detained in retaliation for human rights work
President of Human Rights Council appoints Max du Plessis of South Africa as member of Iran fact-finding mission
UN expert on peaceful of assembly and of association to visit Chile
UN experts alarmed by resumption of US deportations to third countries, warn authorities to assess risks of torture
Concerns over deaths in protests: Kenya
UN experts urge Iran to choose protection over repression after ceasefire
Türk hails stance by Inter-American Court of Human Rights on States’ obligations to tackle climate crisis
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk gravely alarmed by steps to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban convention
UN experts urge United Kingdom not to misuse terrorism laws against protest group Palestine Action
De-fossilising economies key to course correction on climate change and human rights protection, says UN expert
Independent torture prevention watchdog should not be replaced, UN experts warn: Kyrgyzstan
Parliament votes to abolish death penalty for some offences: Viet Nam
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea to visit Japan
UN experts condemn United States attack on Iran and demand permanent end to hostilities
Special Rapporteur: No sign of improvement in Belarus
United Nations CEDAW committee breaks new ground with first treaty body review of Afghanistan since Taliban takeover in 2021
Deaths during protests deeply concerning: Kenya
UN experts raise concern over juvenile detention in adult prisons: Peru
Türk ends mission to Sri Lanka
UN Expert calls for urgent institutional reform of electoral authority ahead of 2025 elections: Central African Republic
Attacks on world order and global aid derailing decades of progress on poverty, warns UN poverty expert
UN expert: States must recognise Indigenous Peoples’ justice systems
UN expert calls for reaffirming importance of sex in description of violence against women and girls
UN Working Group calls for urgent overhaul of global care and support systems to advance gender equality and human rights
UN Group of Experts condemns murder of prominent political opponent exiled in Costa Rica: Nicaragua
Indigenous Peoples key players in peaceful dispute resolution, says Independent Expert
Serbia needs to strengthen effective torture prevention measures, UN torture prevention body says
Palestinians seeking food continue to be killed by Israeli military: Gaza
Call for accountability after violence against Gaza activists in Egypt and Libya
UN expert: Migrant domestic workers’ access to decent work critical to combat human trafficking
UN experts: India must halt arbitrary demolitions targeting minorities and marginalised communities
UN Fact-Finding Mission, Special Rapporteur call for civilian protection and respect for human rights as Israeli attacks cause extensive suffering: Iran
UN expert: Organised criminal activity driving neglected crisis of internal displacement
The multigenerational charge for women’s health and gender equality
UN urges de facto authorities to protect media freedom: Afghanistan
Türk reiterates call for ceasefire following grave escalation: Lebanon
UN urges Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to protect media freedom
UN experts call for urgent medical evacuation of critically injured journalist from Gaza

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