GENEVA (12 August 2022) – UN experts* today said the international community must dramatically step up efforts to urge de facto authorities to adhere to basic human rights principles, warning that...

GENEVA (3 August 2022) – UN experts* called on the Human Rights Council to launch an international investigation into the massive explosion in Beirut two years ago that killed more than 200 people and...

Geneva (2 August 2022) - We deplore the hanging today of two men in Singapore and are deeply troubled by the planned execution of two others on 5 August. The two, a Malaysian and a Singaporean, were...

29 July 2003 The Commission on Human Rights’ Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Asma Jahangir, will visit Brazil from 16 September to 8 October 2003. The Special...

25.07.2003 Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan deeply regrets the execution of individuals in Uzbekistan, for whom stays of execution had been requested by the United Nations...

24 July 2003 The following press release has today been issued by the Human Rights Committee, currently holding its 78th Session in Geneva. The Committee has recently been informed that six...