GENEVA (5 September 2023) –Gathered together for their Annual Meeting in June, UN human rights experts adopted a Joint Declaration reflecting on the critical role of the SDG summit halfway to the 2030...

GENEVA (4 September 2023) – The Libyan National Army must immediately cease the forcible eviction of residents and demolition of homes in the Benghazi centre and end reprisals and violence against...

GENEVA (4 September 2023) – UN experts* today raised the alarm about reports of serious human rights violations and abuses in the Northeast State of Manipur in India, including alleged acts of sexual...

GENEVA (1 September 2023) – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over a new draft law, currently under review in the Iranian parliament, which imposes a series of new punishments on women and...

GENEVA (1 September 2023) -The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn, will conduct an official visit to Georgia from 4 to 14 September 2023. During his visit...

GENEVA (1 September 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Elizabeth Salmón, will conduct her second official visit to the...

NASSAU (31 August 2023) – A UN expert today called on the international community to step up support for the Bahamas and small island States at high risk of natural disasters due to climate change....

GENEVA (1 September 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, will conduct her first official visit to Ukraine...

GENEVA (30 August 2023) – A UN torture expert today called on the UK Government to begin an urgent review of sentences imposed on prisoners held indefinitely under the widely discredited and now...

GENEVA (30 August 2023) – Women human rights defenders searching for forcibly disappeared loved ones in Mexico are facing intimidation, attacks and even violent death, UN experts warned today. “We are...