GENEVA (30 June) – The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will make its first visit to Croatia from 2 to 8 July to assess the treatment of people deprived of their liberty and the...

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26 June 2023 Torture and other grave human rights violations continue to be widely reported across many armed conflicts. Today, more than 100 armed...

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 26 June 2023 I remember vividly the first time I met a person who had been tortured...

GENEVA (19 June 2023) – UN experts* today called for the urgent release of 16 Bahá’ís abducted by de facto authorities in Yemen last month. They issued the following statement: “We are deeply...

GENEVA (15 June 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards today expressed alarm at reports and testimonies which appear to indicate that Russian military forces in Ukraine are...