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UN counterterrorism expert concludes visit to the United States and Guantanamo detention facility
Handbook for Parliamentarians (revised edition): The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol
Human Rights Council Hears of a Worsening Human Rights Landscape in Iran, a Steady Deterioration of the Human Rights Situation in Nicaragua,…
UN expert launches Global Study documenting misuse of counter-terrorism practices to silence civil society
UN expert: Freedom of religion or belief not incompatible with equality for LGBT persons
Iran update on human rights
UN experts: Right of return of Palestinian refugees must be prioritised over political considerations
UN committee dismayed by rising death toll, calls for international cooperation to prioritize safe migration pathways: Greece shipwreck
UN expert urges coordinated action by Indonesia and other nations to address Myanmar crisis
Inclusive and rights-based approach to leprosy needed, says Türk
Durable solutions to the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar
Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on the Annual Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Hearing Speakers Raise Concerns about…
Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris statement on inclusive civil society engagement to support rights-based counterterrorism efforts
Assistant Secretary-General’s statement at high-level conference on counter-terrorism
the Reckless, Senseless Conflict in Sudan Has Resulted in a Human Rights and Humanitarian Crisis that Is Unfolding at an Alarming Rate…
UN experts urge General Assembly to address plight of the missing and forcibly disappeared: Syria
UN experts call for release of disappeared Bahá’ís: Yemen
Human Rights Council Opens Fifty-Third Session, Hears Presentation of the Annual Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Holds Dialogue…
High Commissioner calls for an end to the “sea of suffering”
civilian casualty update 19 June 2023: Ukraine
UN expert on human rights in Haiti to begin official visit to the country
UN experts: Taliban edicts suffocating women and girls in Afghanistan
Afghan women suffer extreme discrimination, restrictions and violence – Deputy High Commissioner
Urging greater cooperation, High Commissioner Türk opens Human Rights Council session
Amid Endless Violence, Stabilization Mission in Mali Essential for Region’s Stability, Special Representative Tells Security Council
Hate speech has no place in our world: UN Human Rights Chief
Türk addresses Ireland’s Institute of International & European Affairs
End-of-Mission Statement of the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices
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

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