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Human rights update on Syria
UN expert calls for international action to end impunity and break cycle of violence: Myanmar
Safeguard human freedoms from systematic digital interference, surveillance and chilling effects on civic space: UN experts
Sweden violated rights of child with severe disabilities by deporting him to Albania despite medical risks, UN committee finds
UN experts raise concern about increasing attacks on National Human Rights Institutions
UN experts demand investigation into murder of woman human rights defender: Iraq
UN Special Rapporteur on right to health to visit Maldives
UN report on deaths and displacement in Lebanon
Challenges persist in ensuring a safe environment for human rights defenders, warns UN expert: Mexico
Türk applauds new law protecting domestic workers, urges other States follow suit: Indonesia
UN experts concerned by forced conversion through marriage in Pakistan
Türk alarmed by increase in drug-related executions, calls for moratorium: Singapore
UN expert: UN-backed roadmap provides blueprint for eradicating poverty beyond growth
UN experts warn Jagtar Singh Johal’s prolonged detention amounts to psychological torture: India
UN women’s rights committee reaffirms protection of girls from prostitution and sexual exploitation
UN experts call for immediate suspension of EU-Israel trade agreement as ‘minimum requirement’ under international law
Human Rights Council President appoints Chair of Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela
 UN experts condemn Government move to invalidate passports of exiled opponents: Belarus
UN experts warn of torture, suicide attempts, deaths and reprisals in custody: Belarus
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk to visit Mexico 19-22 April
UN experts urge transparency and respect for Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Ngorongoro: Tanzania
Reports of burial sites highlight hidden cost of renewed violence, UN Commission calls for proper handling and investigation: South Sudan
UN experts demand accountability for trafficking allegations in ‘Epstein files’, warn of continuing violence of patriarchal power systems
UN experts hold New York session marking 40 years of the right to development
Cases of artist Gao Zhen and lawyer Yu Wensheng: China
UN experts condemn Israel’s unprecedented bombing in Lebanon after ceasefire announcement, demand immediate halt to hostilities
Concerns over trial of artist Gao Zhen: China
UN experts condemn human rights defender Zweli ”Khabazela” Mkhize’s murder: South Africa
UN experts alarmed by law targeting LGBT, women’s rights advocates and independent voices in Belarus
Draft antisemitism law could seriously undermine free expression and other human rights, warn UN experts: France
UN Human Rights expert on Sudan renews calls for dialogue, accountability as conflicts enters fourth year
SUDAN: Three children born into war every minute as maternal deaths rise and health services deteriorate
UN experts call for end to attacks on Gaza shelters, forced displacement in West Bank
Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Russian designation of Memorial as “extremist”
Palestinians across Gaza unsafe six months on from ceasefire announcement, says Türk
Iran Fact-Finding Mission calls on parties to the devastating regional conflict to end hostilities and investigate alleged violations, and strongly condemns violent rhetoric
Honduras must implement Group of Experts recommendations on Berta Cáceres case, says UN expert
Bulgaria violated freedom of association by denying registration of an ethnic Macedonian rights organisation, UN committee finds
UN experts welcome Truth Commission on violations committed during Civil War and Franco dictatorship: Spain
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to review Serbia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso and Cuba
UN Committee against Torture to review Tajikistan, Italy, Gabon and Pakistan
Escalating violence creates child trafficking crisis in South Sudan, says UN expert
Türk says erosion of civic space is very worrying: Serbia
UN experts: Strategy of blatant abuse of counter-terrorism and extremism laws to destroy Russian civil society must end
Permanent Forum on People of African Descent marks five-year milestone with Geneva session
Türk condemns deadly wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon
Regional conflict has eclipsed surge in human rights violations against Palestinians, UN Commission of Inquiry says
Türk deplores incendiary rhetoric in Middle East war

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