GENEVA (25 May 2023) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today hailed the arrest in South Africa of Fulgence Kayishema, one of last fugitives indicted in connection with the 1994...

This briefing paper addresses the human rights situation of older persons in the context of the ongoing armed attack by the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Its findings, based on the work of the...

Date: 22 May 2023 1 From 24 February 2022, which marked the start of the large-scale armed attack by the Russian Federation, to 21 May 2023, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...

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...

Date: 15 May 2023 1 From 24 February 2022, which marked the start of the large-scale armed attack by the Russian Federation, to 14 May 2023, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...

The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg and Slovakia...

GENEVA (12 May 2023) – The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) on Friday issued its findings on Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg and Slovakia after reviewing the six States parties in...

GENEVA (12 May 2023) – A fact-finding report from the UN Human Rights Office has concluded there are strong indications that more than 500 people were killed – the vast majority summarily executed –...

GENEVA (10 May 2023) – The Russian government must provide opposition politician, Alexei Navalny with urgent and comprehensive medical care in light of his gravely deteriorating health, the UN torture...

GENEVA (9 May 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday warned against a “never-ending cycle of violence” in Haiti as gangs continue to inflict extreme cruelty on people...