GENEVA (18 December 2023) – A UN expert raised her concerns with the Russian authorities on Friday about the enforced disappearance of prominent Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, whose...

GENEVA (14 December 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Siobhán Mullally, in collaboration with UNHCR, ILO, IOM, UNODC and ICAT today launched a Multistakeholder pledge , in...

GENEVA (14 December 2023) – Authorities in Guinea-Bissau must protect the rule of law and judicial independence, a UN expert said today, pointing to an ongoing crisis in the country’s Supreme Court...

GENEVA (14 December) – The United Arab Emirates had opened fresh trials against human rights defenders, who were already due to be released, while it was hosting COP28, a UN expert said today. “I...

GENEVA (14 December 2023) – UN experts* today called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza to protect the rights and futures of women and girls in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel. “We are...

GENEVA (12 December 2023) – On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, global leaders must recommit to the principles of human rights, UN experts said today. They issued the...

GENEVA (12 December 2023) – The UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent have commenced a fact-finding visit to Norway. The visit which began on Monday, 11 December, will conclude on...

NASSAU (8 December 2023) – The Bahamas has made improvements on preventing arbitrary detentions, but further efforts are essential to advance legislative initiatives and ensure effective and inclusive...

GENEVA (8 December 2023) – Member States of the United Nations must use all measures at their disposal and their influence to promote an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, UN human rights...

GENEVA (8 December 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, today welcomed partial reforms adopted by the UK’s House of Commons to the controversial Imprisonment for Public...