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Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances concludes its 140th session
New security policies must not deepen systemic racial discrimination, UN experts warn: Colombia
Türk decries deepening conflict and appalling impact on civilians: Yemen
UN experts demand end to unlawful killings of Kurdish border couriers and Baloch fuel carriers: Iran
UN expert: Move beyond managing toxic pollution after harm has occurred and focus on prevention
Wave of enforced disappearances and deaths in custody reveals repression at the heart of the State, say UN experts: Nicaragua
UN Commission concerned about human impact of Russia’s systematic targeting of energy infrastructure, militarisation of education, and recruitment of foreign nationals
UN Special Rapporteur exposes Russia’s global transnational repression campaign, calls for binding United Nations convention: “Nowhere Is Safe”
Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change to visit Mozambique
UN expert dismayed by fresh misuse of disciplinary proceedings against Peruvian judge
Experta de la ONU consternada por un nuevo caso de uso indebido de procedimientos disciplinarios contra un juez peruano
UN experts: Pakistan must stop removals of Afghans at risk of torture and other serious human rights violations
Shocking sexual violence amid Russia’s full-scale attack of Ukraine
UK measures could mark ‘seismic shift’ and open path for joint efforts to end Israel’s crimes, say UN experts
Atrocity denial and perpetrator glorification undermining efforts to secure truth, justice and non-recurrence, warns UN expert
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
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
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
Türk says “deafening silence” for suffering Afghans, urges renewed pressure
UN expert charts path to address proliferating unilateral sanctions and their human rights impacts
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
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

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