GENEVA (22 May 2023) – UN experts* today expressed dismay at the renewal of El Salvador's state of emergency, which has now been in place for more than a year. They called for the state of emergency...

My sincere thanks to the American Bar Association, the Inter-American Bar Association, the International Association of Lawyers, and the International Association of Young Lawyers for the invitation...

WASHINGTON (5 May 2023) - The UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice in the Context of Law Enforcement ended a 12-day visit to the United States of America on Friday...

GENEVA (4 May 2023) –The International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement will hold a press conference in Washington D.C. on 5 May...

CAT 30th session 30 April 2003 Morning Government Delegation Queried on Implementation of Legal Reforms The Committee against Torture began its review this morning of a second periodic report of...

CAT 30th session 29 April 2003 Morning Government Delegation Absent, Experts Raise Questions About Independence of Judiciary, Reports of Maltreatment by Police The Committee against Torture began its...

29 April 2003 The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iulia Motoc, has welcomed the decision of the Government of the Democratic Republic of...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 23 April 2003 Morning Commission Extends Mandate of Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for Three Years The Commission on Human Rights this morning adopted 10...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 23 April 2003 Afternoon Extends the Mandates of the Special Rapporteurs on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Violence against Women The Commission on...