GENEVA (29 March 2023) – UN experts* today called on Colombia to stop misusing counter-terrorism measures and serious criminal offences, such as terrorism, to prosecute individuals for taking part in...

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Morocco, with Committee...

Vice-President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, The conflict in Syria, now in its 13th year, is a human rights tragedy. Millions of ordinary people have suffered – and...

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Brazil, Poland, and the Netherlands. The Council then began the general debate under agenda item six on the...

This report examines the ongoing suffering of victims of enforced disappearance and abduction, including relatives of forcibly disappeared persons, as vividly illustrated in their own accounts to OHCHR, and reflects their perspectives on truth-seeking, justice mechanisms, and reparations. It also aims to highlight the social, economic, and cultural consequences of enforced disappearance, and their disparate impact on women and children.

The state of emergency has now been in force in El Salvador for a year – a year during which the authorities have taken several measures that raise serious human rights concerns. An initial month-long...

A report published today by the UN Human Rights Office vividly details the ongoing suffering of victims of enforced disappearance and abduction by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The report...

GENEVA / SEOUL (28 March 2023) – A report published today by the UN Human Rights Office vividly details the ongoing suffering of victims of enforced disappearance and abduction by the Democratic...