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Türk warns against reprisals targeting justice officials: Guatemala
UN expert: Member states must abide by UN Charter and provide protection in the Occupied Palestinian territory
UN experts: Honduras must transform political will into concrete action to tackle enforced disappearances
No Country Can Claim to be Free of Racism and More Needs to be Done to Combat Systemic Racism and Discrimination that…
In Dialogue with Nigeria, Experts of the Committee on Migrant Workers Commend the State for Recognising the Committee’s State Party Complaints Mechanism,…
High Commissioner urges pushback against intolerance, hatred, bigotry and violence: Racism
Comment by UN Human Rights Chief on request for climate change opinion from International Court of Justice
Human Rights Council Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories, and Begins General Debate…
UN disability rights committee publishes findings on Angola, Argentina, Georgia, Peru, Togo and Tunisia
UN experts condemn egregious anti-LGBT legislation: Uganda
Comment by UN Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on Afghanistan
In Dialogue with Morocco, Experts of the Committee on Migrant Workers Commend Migration Policy Development, Raise Issues Concerning Children of Migrants and…
Misuse of counter-terrorism measures to prosecute protesters threatens human rights, say UN experts: Colombia
Türk calls on UN General Assembly to establish new, independent institution on missing persons in Syria
Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Brazil, Poland, and the Netherlands, Begins General Debate on the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism
El Salvador state of emergency
Truth, justice and reparations needed for victims of enforced disappearance and abduction – UN report: North Korea
“These wounds do not heal” – Enforced disappearance and abductions by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of India, Finland, and the Philippines
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers Opens Thirty-Sixth Session and Meets with Civil Society
Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Indonesia, Algeria and the United Kingdom
civilian casualty update 27 March 2023: Ukraine
UN experts urge Parties to Rotterdam Convention to adopt amendment listing hazardous chemicals
Urgent action needed to remedy deteriorating human rights situation, UN Fact-Finding Mission warns in final report: Libya
UN expert to visit to assess freedom of opinion and expression, including media freedom: Serbia
Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Session, Adopts Annual Report and Concluding Observations on Reports of Egypt, Panama, Peru, Sri…
Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcome of Bahrain
UN Human Rights Committee publishes findings on Egypt, Panama, Peru, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan and Zambia
UN expert demands immediate end to crackdown on Kashmiri human rights defenders: India
Remembering the victims of trans-Atlantic slavery
Human Rights Council Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Situations that Require the Council’s Attention
UN expert: States must step up climate action now, before it is too late
UN Committee on Migrant Workers to review Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines and El Salvador
UN torture prevention body to revisit Kazakhstan
UN Experts warn of persisting attacks on civil society, media and trade union leaders: Venezuela
In Dialogue with Germany, Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Commend the State’s Prosecution of International Crimes, Ask About Integration of…
Human Rights Council Hears that Some of the Human Rights Violations Documented in Belarus Could Amount to Crimes against Humanity, and that…
Türk urges President not to sign shocking anti-homosexuality bill: Uganda
Accountability for violations in the DPRK
In Dialogue with Argentina, Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Commend the Restoration of Identity of Victims of Dictatorship-Era Appropriation, Ask…
Belarus report finds systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations
UN experts: Water is a common good not a commodity
In Dialogue with Zambia, Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Commend the State for Abolishing the Death Penalty, Ask About Gaps…
Human Rights Council Hears that the Gravity and Scale of Violations Committed in Ethiopia Must Not be Forgotten, and that Venezuela Continues…
Human Rights Council Hears that Attacks on Civilians in Syria Could Amount to War Crimes, and that it is Important to Coordinate…
Türk updates the Human Rights Council on the situation in Venezuela
UN experts: Systemic racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia have undermined human rights gains
Burundi – crackdown on civil society