GENEVA (6 December 2023) – Afghan nationals forced to leave Pakistan since 1 November face grave risk of human rights violations upon return, UN experts* warned today. They said the Afghan nationals...

GENEVA (15 November 2023) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said today he was alarmed by reports that the arbitrary expulsion of Afghan nationals from Pakistan has been accompanied by abuse...

We are extremely alarmed by Pakistan’s announcement that it plans to deport “undocumented” foreign nationals remaining in the country after 1 November, a measure that will disproportionately impact...

GENEVA (17 October 2023) – Pakistan should immediately cancel plans to deport 1.4 million Afghan nationals back to their country, UN experts* said today. The Government of Pakistan, which has hosted...

Item 2: Annual Report and Oral Update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of his Office and recent human rights developments Mr President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates...

Urdu version (PDF) GENEVA (25 January 2023) – Pakistan’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on...

GENEVA (2 November 2022) – The forty-first session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 7 to 18 November, during which 14 States will...

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted six resolutions, appointing a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, and extending mandates on Afghanistan and the...

GENEVA (21 September 2022) – Several UN human rights experts have called on States to step up their assistance to monsoon flood victims in Pakistan and ensure that international recovery efforts are...

UN human rights experts condemned today the reported conviction of leading human rights defender and minority civil society activist Idris Khattak, who was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment following...