GENEVA (28 April 2023) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) today called on State parties in the region to suspend forced returns and adopt measures to protect...

The Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally, undertook a country visit to Bangladesh from 31 October to 9 November 2022.

Two weeks after the fighting erupted between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) – imposing fear, deprivation, trauma and suffering on the civilian population – the...

GENEVA (28 April 2023) – Botswana’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Wednesday, 3 May 2023, in...

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Slovakia, with Committee Experts welcoming an apology issued by the State regarding the suffering...

TOKYO/GENEVA (28 April 2023) – A UN expert today urged the Japanese government to assume a greater leadership role to address the deteriorating crisis in Myanmar and step up pressure on the country’s...

The Committee Against Torture today concluded its consideration of the eighth periodic report of Luxembourg, with Committee Experts welcoming a decrease in the State’s incarceration rate, and asking...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today held a meeting with Judge Patrick Robinson of the International Court of Justice, discussing developments in international human rights...

Background From the killing of journalists and the prevailing impunity for it to the high number of journalists being detained, and their increasing legal harassment and unlawful surveillance, media...

GENEVA (27 April 2023) – Mali’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Tuesday, 2 May 2023, in a...