The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Slovakia, with Committee Experts welcoming an apology issued by the State regarding the suffering caused...

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Slovakia, with Committee Experts welcoming an apology issued by the State regarding the suffering...

The Committee Against Torture today concluded its consideration of the eighth periodic report of Luxembourg, with Committee Experts welcoming a decrease in the State’s incarceration rate, and asking...

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Brazil, with Committee Experts praising a reduction in provisional prison sentences, and raising issues...

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Colombia, with a Committee Expert welcoming the prohibition of amnesty for public officials accountable...

GENEVA (14 April 2023) - The UN Committee against Torture is holding its latest session from 17 April to 12 May 2023, during which it will examine Colombia, Brazil, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Kazakhstan...

GENEVA (13 April 2023) - The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will visit Madagascar for the first time from 16 to 27 April to assess the treatment of people deprived of their liberty and...

GENEVA (6 April 2023) – UN experts* today demanded the immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order banning Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan . On 4 April, the de...

GENEVA (6 April 2023) Kazakhstan must take further action to protect detainees from torture and ill-treatment and ensure its national preventive mechanism plays an effective and crucial role in this...

AFTERNOON 3 April 2023 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 22 resolutions, extending mandates on South Sudan, Nicaragua, human rights defenders, minority issues, torture, freedom of...