23rd Report of the Commission of Inquiry of the Syrian Arab Republic - A decade of arbitrary detention and imprisonment

Hiba Alhamed is a 26-year-old Syrian refugee, living in France. Her father, Ismail, went missing in 2013. “For me, my father is the kindest person that I have ever met in my life,” says Hiba. “He...

العربية | 中文 | Français | Русский | Español GENEVA (11 March 2021) – With Syria about to enter its 11th year of violence and conflict, the pursuit of truth, justice and reparations for victims must...

Español 46th session of the Human Rights Council Geneva, 11 March 2021 Madam President, In my recent presentation on Venezuela to this Council, I acknowledged positive steps taken by the Government...

GENEVA (11 March 2021) – A UN expert today called on Cuba to stop intimidation and detention of human rights defenders working for racial justice in the country. “The recurrent arrests of human rights...

GENEVA (11 March 2021) – UN human rights experts* have called on President Biden to do everything in his power to end executions in the United States, at both the federal and state level. “The death...

Geneva, 11 March 2021 – Human rights developments in Burundi since the 2020 elections remains ambiguous and reflect uncertainties according to the analysis of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry...

Oral briefing of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi 11 March 2021, Geneva Madam President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to address the Human Rights Council on behalf of the...

11 March 2021 (Geneva) Link to the Report: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session46/Documents/A_HRC_46_53.pdf Link to the Conference Room Paper: https://www.ohchr.org/EN...

Unofficial translation: Japanese 日本語仮訳 (PDF) GENEVA (11 March 2021) – UN experts said today contaminated water still remaining at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant poses major environmental and...