Español GENEVA (31 December 2020) – UN human rights experts* today welcomed the decision by Argentina’s Senate to legalise abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, calling the ground-breaking law a...

GENEVA (31 December 2020) – Early this morning in Iran, Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee was executed for an offence he allegedly committed when he was 16 years old. This is the fourth confirmed execution of a...

GENEVA (30 December 2020) - A group of UN experts * said the pardons granted to four convicted private security contractors for war crimes in Iraq violated US obligations under international law, and...

GENEVA (29 December 2020) – UN human rights expert Alena Douhan today called on the United States to remove unilateral sanctions which may inhibit rebuilding of Syria's civilian infrastructure...

GENEVA (29 December 2020) – In a ground-breaking decision, the Human Rights Committee has found that the Netherlands violated a child's rights by registering "nationality unknown" in his civil records...

GENEVA (29 December 2020) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about the violence ahead of Uganda's presidential election, and urged authorities to put an end to the arrest...

The present report, covering the period from 1 January to 31 December 2020, is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 43/8. It contains information on relevant developments concerning...

Summary During his country visit to Maldives from 17 to 24 November 2019, the Special Rapporteur was given access to facilities of deprivation of liberty throughout the country and was able to conduct...

In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 41/24, the Social Forum was held in Geneva on 8 and 9 October 2020. Participants considered good practices, success stories, lessons learned and...