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No shortcuts around torture ban as governments overhaul removal systems, UN expert warns
UN torture prevention body announces remaining visits for 2026 and 20th Anniversary commemorative plans
UN Fact-Finding Mission urges authorities to reverse decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Venezuela
Türk press conference in Beirut at conclusion of official visit to Lebanon
UN experts urge Iran to quash death sentences of 12 protesters in single hearing, halt executions
British businessman Ryan Cornelius must be released before detention becomes death sentence, UN experts warn: UAE
UN experts alarmed by renewed escalation of hostilities, call for accountability: Iran
Stranded Hormuz Seafarers abandoned for months at sea
UN Fact-Finding Mission urgently calls on Iran to immediately halt protest-related executions: Iran
UN expert: Syria has historic opportunity to transform displacement into recovery, needs global support
UN Human Rights deplores torture and killing of surrendering Malian soldiers, calls for accountability
UN Human Rights Chief to conduct official visit to Lebanon 26-27 July 2026
UN experts: Resumption of US-Iran hostilities betrays peace memorandum, deepening civilian suffering across the region
UN experts alarmed by killings, displacement and gender-specific harm as Israel escalates hostilities: Lebanon
Türk deplores clampdown on civil and political freedoms: Nicaragua
UN experts: M23’s reign of terror by torture in eastern DR Congo must end
Ukraine conflict has deepening impact on civilians
Intensified Israeli attacks in Gaza
UN human rights expert to visit Cambodia
UN experts urge release of Indigenous human rights defenders detained in Assam: India
UN experts criticise advancement of law restricting gender identity and expression: Kyrgyzstan
Recovery and reconstruction require civil society, say UN experts: Venezuela
Massacre of peasants must not go unpunished, says UN expert: Honduras
Wave of unrest in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
UN experts condemn arbitrary terminations of more than 100 immigration judges: USA
UN experts alarmed by alleged system of mass detention, expulsion and trafficking: Tunisia-Libya border
UN experts urge reversal of Tehran church compound seizure and return of its Christian residents: Iran
UN experts: UK must end IPP sentences as psychological harm continues
“War economy” sustains conflict, UN report warns: Sudan
Iran-US hostilities huge setback for civilians: Türk
UN expert urges politicians to uphold Supreme Court ruling and protect women’s rights: UK
UN Group of Experts decries mass revocation of lawyer credentials, warning of severe blow to human rights: Nicaragua
UN experts demand release of arbitrarily detained journalist Hassan Bouras: Algeria
There must be truth and accountability for prison violence: Sri Lanka
Türk deplores continued clashes in South Kivu, urges immediate de-escalation: DRC
UN expert on internally displaced persons to visit the Syrian Arab Republic
US Supreme Court ruling safeguards women’s and girls’ sports, says UN expert
Indigenous Peoples’ rights in conflict situations and Artificial Intelligence on the agenda at Expert Mechanism session
UN experts call for opening of military archives and facilities in the search for missing persons: Guatemala
Mass killings, abductions, and gang rape carried out in El Fasher constitute distinct markers of genocide, UN Fact-Finding Mission says as it…
Israel must release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and all Palestinian medical personnel arbitrarily detained and adhere to international law, UN Commission of Inquiry says
Proposed presumption of lawful police shootings could fuel impunity, UN expert warns: France
UN experts condemn life sentence against Baloch woman human rights defender in Pakistan as grave injustice
UN experts: Israel must immediately release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
States, sports organisations must prevent racism: Racist remarks against Mbappé
UN experts alarmed by criminal proceedings against judge over human rights rulings: Chile
Former political prisoners face continuing repression in exile through passport invalidation, say UN experts: Belarus
UN Human Rights to shut down country office: Burkina Faso

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