GENEVA (31 March 2017) – Hungary should immediately address the excessive use of detention, the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) said on Friday at the end of an 11-day visit to the...

GENEVA (31 March 2017) – "All states must abide by their treaty obligations. In that context, I very much regret that Jordan, a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court...

GENEVA (31 March 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has expressed grave concern at the ruling by the Venezuelan Supreme Court to take over the legislative powers of...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 31 March 2017 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Honduras on its...

Summary The report’s key recommendations include: To States and the Human Rights Council The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 32/13, condemned unequivocally measures to intentionally prevent or...

GENEVA (30 March 2017) - A group of UN human rights experts* are calling on the Government of the United Arab Emirates to prevent the execution of a woman who was convicted of killing her male...

GENEVA (30 March 2017) – Two UN human rights experts* are calling on lawmakers in the United States to stop the “alarming” trend of “undemocratic” anti-protest bills designed to criminalize or impede...

GENEVA (30 March 2017) –The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) is meeting in Geneva from 3 to 13 April to review: Bangladesh (3-4 April...