Geneva (29 March 2017) – UN human rights experts* are calling on the authorities in the Russian Federation to release immediately everyone arrested in peaceful demonstrations across the country on...

GENEVA (28 March 2017) – The Special Rapporteur on human rights in Belarus, Miklós Haraszti,* has expressed dismay over the Government’s open return to the policy of violent mass repression against...

GENEVA (28 March 2017) – United Nations rights experts* are urging the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to immediately release the renowned human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, who was...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 23 March 2017 Adopts Eight Other Texts, including on Accountability in Sri Lanka The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 12 resolutions, in which it extended...

GENEVA (21 March 2017) – Human rights defenders working to draw attention to abuses associated with Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territory are being increasingly targeted as a result of...

GENEVA (8 March 2017) - UN human rights experts(*) are urging the Government of Viet Nam to immediately release a popular blogger known as Mother Mushroom, who has been detained incommunicado since...

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein International Women’s Day, 8 March GENEVA (8 March 2017) –Today we honour the human rights struggle of millions of women who...

GENEVA (3 March 2017) – Two United Nations Independent Experts are calling on the Israeli Government to fully respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of human rights defenders and organizations in...

AFTERNOON GENEVA (2 March 2017) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Michel Forst, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders...

23 January 2003 The human rights situation in Guatemala is deteriorating, despite some positive Government initiatives to deal with violations, a United Nations expert has concluded. In a report to...