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UN torture prevention body suspends visit to Australia citing lack of co-operation
Escalation of hostilities in northern Syria
Authorities respond violently to protests
Climate change greatest threat world has ever faced, UN expert warns
Experts of Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Congratulate Switzerland on its Global Gender Gap Ranking
UN expert: Solidarity on Covid vaccines key step in bridging rights divide between rich and poor countries
UN expert: Exposure to toxic substances form of environmental violence against indigenous peoples
World more violent and unstable because of inaction in protecting rights of minorities, UN expert warns
Escalation of hostilities in Norther Syrian
Mass protests planned to mark one year since coup
End racism to advance health and other human rights says UN expert
Afghanistan human rights and humanitarian crisis continues, urgent action necessary, says UN expert
Commission of Inquiry finds that Israeli occupation is unlawful under international law
Calls on UN General Assembly to request that International Court of Justice urgently advise on legal consequences of such actions
Experts of Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Honduras on Progress Made on Trafficking
UN experts condemn Israel’s ‘sadistic’ punitive measures against French-Palestinian rights defender Salah Hammouri
Experts of Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Ukraine for Achievements
Increasingly precious asset in digital era says UN expert: Privacy and data protection
UN Special Rapporteur: States must address impact of climate change on human rights of migrants
Urgent Action Needed on Peace Agreement for South Sudan
UN Commission has found array of war crimes, violations of human rights and international humanitarian law have been committed
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights issues findings on El Salvador, Guatemala, Italy, Luxembourg
Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
UN expert: Internally displaced must have say in development decisions to help avoid rights abuse
Reports of child deaths, detentions are deeply worrying: Iran protests
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk warns of devastating impact of continued hostilities on civilians: Ethiopia
UN expert: Protect freedom of expression as vital ‘survival right’ of civilians in armed conflict
UN experts concerned that criminalising women activists will silence victims of sexual harassment: Peru
End killings and detentions of children immediately, UN Child Rights Committee urges: Iran
Civilian casualty update 17 October 2022: Ukraine
UN poverty expert: Increase benefits and wages in line with inflation or lives will be lost
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concludes Seventy-Second Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports
Experts of Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Belgium on Tremendous Progress made
Gangs use sexual violence to instill fear – UN report: Haiti
In Dialogue with Japan, Human Rights Committee Experts Welcome Provision of Public Housing to Same Sex Couples
World needs leadership and greater political will to combat torture says new UN expert
Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Marta Hurtado on Türkiye
Alarming increase in use of pesticides compromises human rights says UN expert: Paraguay
Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Marta Hurtado on Türkyie
Mongolia has taken significant steps to protect against arbitrary detention; vital to continue work, UN experts say
Experts of Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Saint Kitts and Nevis on Adopted Policies
Presentation of Annual Report of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN torture prevention body to visit Australia for first time
Top UN human rights official welcomes improvements, urges continued efforts: Central African Republic
Finland violated rights of Finnish children detained in northern Syria by failing to repatriate them, UN committee finds
Attack on civilians and infrastructure: Ukraine
Alarm by sentencing under national security law
UN human rights report details violations of migrants’ rights amid ‘assisted return’ programmes