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UN expert: End dangerous fixation with GDP as way to eradicate global poverty
India must end racial discrimination against Rohingya, cease forced deportation and arbitrary detention, urges UN Committee
New report urges robust support for women, girls and LGBT people in post-coup Myanmar: Myanmar
Call for release of older political prisoners: Belarus
UN torture prevention body announces visits for 2025 and adopts General Comment
UN expert: Torture allegations continue in Syria despite ICJ order
Human Rights Committee Opens One Hundred and Forty-First Session in Geneva
At the Human Rights Council, Volker Türk Calls on States to Overhaul Discriminatory Laws and Practices Enabling Economic Violence against Women
UN women’s rights committee: Afghan women and girls must be included in upcoming Doha meeting
Special Rapporteur: Concerted action urgently needed to save fundamental freedoms under attack
More international support urged to bolster democracy: Bolivia
UN expert to assess human rights of LGBT persons: Albania
UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls: Gender backlash underscores urgency to achieve substantive equality for women and girls
Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Increase Access to Regular Migration Pathways to Prevent Trafficking in Persons
Human Rights Council Hears that States Need to Expand International Solidarity Measures to Diminish Inequality and Marginalisation, and that the Backlash against…
UN experts condemn brazen terrorist attacks in Dagestan: Russia
Special Rapporteurs: Scale and cycle of Iraq’s arbitrary executions may be a crime against humanity
Civil society crucial to combat polarisation and inequality, says Independent Expert
Independent Experts: Iran must end harassment of Narges Mohammadi and release all women human rights defenders
Special Rapporteur: Obligations to prevent and protect trafficking victims also apply to migrants at sea
Georgia failed to protect children against violence and abuse in church-run orphanage, UN committee finds
Special Rapporteur: Transnational repression of journalists threatens democracy
The Failure of States to Respect their International Obligations Result in the Protection Gap of Journalists in Exile, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council
UN experts: Using starvation as a weapon of war in Sudan must stop
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances alarmed by draft bill establishing a statute of limitations on crimes against humanity and war crimes: Peru
Addressing the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Respect and Protect the Bodies of Victims of Unlawful Deaths for…
UN expert: Protection and dignified management of the dead in war and peace are cornerstones for preventing unlawful killings
UN experts: Investors must fulfil their responsibility to respect human rights
Report by UN expert spotlights role of foreign banks in facilitating probable war crimes and crimes against humanity: Myanmar
Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council that $669 Billion in Remittances from Migrants in 2023 Exceeded Foreign Investment and Official Development Assistance…
Human Rights Council Starts Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Concludes Discussion on the Right to Education
UN Special Committee on Israeli practices in occupied territories concludes field mission
UN expert: The independence of judicial systems must be protected in the face of democratic decline and rising authoritarianism
UN experts: Governments must urgently scrap unfair laws criminalising homelessness and poverty
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education Conveys Alarm at Violent Crackdown on Peaceful Demonstrators at Universities Calling for a Ceasefire in Gaza
Human Rights Council Starts Dialogue on Drug Use, Harm Reduction and the Right to Health, and Concludes Discussion on Prostitution and Violence against Women
Academic freedom just as crucial as a free press or independent judiciary, says Special Rapporteur
UN expert calls for end to the ‘war on drugs’
Special Rapporteur urges global action to recognise and combat prostitution as a system of violence against women and girls
More than 68 Million People Were Internally Displaced in 2023 Due to Violence and Conflict, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council
President of Human Rights Council appoints members of new Group of Experts on Human Rights in Belarus
Ahead of major security trade fair in Paris, UN torture rapporteur requests France to monitor exhibition for illegal torture tools
Independent Expert Notes Concerning Trend of Ever-Expanding Restrictions on Rights to Freedom of Expression, Peaceful Assembly and Association Based on Sexual Orientation…
Human Rights Situation in Eritrea Remains Dire and the Authorities Choose to Maintain Practices which Perpetuate the Crisis, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council
Soaring number of displaced desperately need protection and aid priority, UN experts urge: Haiti
UN expert: Eritrean government must take decisive steps to improve human rights situation
Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Starts Interactive Dialogue with the High…
Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Concludes that Israeli Authorities and Hamas Are Both Responsible for War Crimes

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