GENEVA (29 July 2022) – The arbitrary shutdown of hundreds of civil society organisations in Nicaragua is deeply concerning and would have a chilling effect on activists and human rights defenders...

GENEVA (25 July 2022) – UN experts* today expressed frustration and grave concern following confirmation of the death of Australian teenager Yusuf Zahab in a North-East Syrian detention facility. The...

In this report, the Working Group reviews its annual activities and examines the following thematic issues: secret detention; arbitrary detention and the principles of effective interviewing for investigations and information-gathering; and deprivation of liberty of older persons.

GABORONE (15 July 2022) – Botswana has made improvements on preventing and ending arbitrary deprivation of liberty, but significant challenges remain in further developing and implementing a legal...

GENEVA (15 July 2022) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Javaid Rehman today hailed the conviction of an Iranian official by a Swedish court for...

GENEVA (13 July 2022) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the continued and heightened crackdown on civil society groups, human rights defenders and media outlets by Russian authorities, and...