​Español GENEVA (26 August 2021) — The trials of former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón in the Franco and Gürtel cases were arbitrary and did not comply with the principles of judicial independence and...

GENEVA (26 August 2021) - “We are very concerned with the implications of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal's decision to recharacterize its April judgement, which had been widely understood to...

In the present report, the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent presents the summary of discussions held at its twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh sessions.

25 August 2021 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its one hundred and fourth session online after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of...

24 August 2021 Madam President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, At this critical moment, the people of Afghanistan look to the Human Rights Council to defend and protect their rights. The need...

Khmer version GENEVA (24 August 2021) – UN human rights experts have sharply criticised Cambodian authorities over the conviction of prominent human rights defender Rong Chhun, sentenced to prison...

On the 17 th of August, and in its first televised press conference since entering Kabul, the World heard the Taliban's assurances that it would not harm anyone or take reprisals against anyone who...

24 August 2021 The Human Right Council this morning opened its special session on "the serious human rights concerns and situation in Afghanistan", hearing the High Commissioner for Human Rights urge...