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We deplore the killing in Zimbabwe of political activist Tapfumeyi Masaya whose body was found earlier this week. This concerning development comes amid reports in recent months of several opposition...

Francisco Vera at UN Human Rights HQ During his visit to Geneva in July, 13-year-old Colombian activist Francisco Vera presented the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, with a manifesto...

GENEVA (24 May 2023) – A UN expert today expressed concern about the ongoing legal proceedings against human rights defender Obert Masaraure in Zimbabwe. She called for the charges against him to be...

UN experts* today urged Zimbabwe’s President to reject enacting a bill that would severely restrict civic space and the right to freedom of association in the country. The experts expressed deep...

The present report is issued as a follow-up to the four latest country visits of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, which were to the following States: Tunisia, conducted from 17 to 28 September 2018; Armenia, from 7 to 16 November 2018; Sri Lanka, from 18 to 26 July 2019; and Zimbabwe, from 17 to 27 September 2019.

GENEVA (30 August 2022) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today issued findings on Azerbaijan, Benin, Nicaragua, Slovakia, Suriname, the United States of America and...

Summary The Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights undertook an official visit to Zimbabwe from 18 to 28 October 2021 to examine the...

GENEVA (5 Aug 2022) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) will hold its upcoming session from 8 to 30 August, during which it will review Benin, Nicaragua, the United...