Español Geneva, 14 January 2021 “We are deeply concerned by continuous and increasing attacks in Venezuela against civil society organizations, human rights defenders and journalists. In the latest...

GENEVA (14 January 2021) – UN human rights experts said today that the heavy sentences handed down against three Vietnamese journalists and human rights defenders, just weeks ahead of a key meeting of...

GENEVA (14 January 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on Israel, the occupying power, to ensure swift and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for the Palestinian people under occupation....

GENEVA (13 January 2021) – The UN Human Rights Committee has found the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) violated the right to life of Pascal Kabungulu who was killed in an extrajudicial execution...

Working Group to Review the Human Rights Records in 14 States GENEVA (13 January 2021) - The thirty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be...

GENEVA (13 January 2021) – Micronesia’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday, 18 January...

GENEVA (13 January 2021) – Lebanon’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday, 18 January 2021...

Español GENEVA (12 January 2021) – Police in Peru used unnecessary and excessive force when faced with mass protests between 9 and 15 November 2020, according to a UN Human Rights Office report...

The present report provides an overview of current human rights concerns in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the report, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic...

Español GENEVA (11 January 2021) – The passing of a bill legalising abortion in Argentina and ending with the criminalisation of women who undergo abortion represents a historic milestone in the...