“Some of us will die, some of us will live to suffer…We are poor. We’ve been left here to die.” These are the words of Zakir Hussain, a homeless Indian man as he lined up outside a shelter soon after...

This revised edition from the original 2004 version strengthens the widely recognized and highly valued Istanbul Protocol on the effective investigation into and documentation of torture and ill...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the tenth periodic report of Mongolia, with Committee Experts commending progress made in...

Date: 24 June 2022 From 4 a.m. on 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 24:00 midnight on 23 June 2022 (local time), the Office of the UN High...

Good afternoon to you all and thank you for coming. Let me first express my sincere gratitude to the Government for hosting my official visit. We have been following the situation in Bosnia and...

GENEVA (24 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* have called on the international community to bring an end to the so-called “war on drugs” and promote drug policies that are firmly anchored in human...

GENEVA (24 June 2022) – Efforts to protect and promote human rights abroad must consider power imbalances between States if they are to be a true expression of international solidarity, a UN expert...

We are alarmed by measures under way in Kyrgyzstan to dissolve the National Centre for the Prevention of Torture and transfer its functions to the Kyrgyz Institute of the Ombudsman. We urge the...

More than six weeks after the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and injury of her colleague Ali Sammoudi in Jenin on 11 May 2022, it is deeply disturbing that Israeli authorities have not...

The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers conducted an official visit to the Plurinational State of Bolivia from 15 to 22 February 2022. The aim of the mission was to examine the situation with regard to the administration of justice in a spirit of cooperation and dialogue.