GENEVA (16 August 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, will visit Nigeria from 19 August to 2 September 2019 to investigate issues...

GENEVA (12 August 2019) – A UN human rights expert has expressed serious concerns for seven French nationals currently in Iraq where they await execution on terrorism charges, and said the French...

GENEVA (26 July 2019) – UN human rights experts today called on the Cambodian authorities to release and drop charges against two men who were arrested in connection with activities marking the third...

GENEVA (26 July 2019) – Bahrain must halt the reportedly imminent execution of two men who were sentenced to death on the basis of confessions allegedly obtained through torture, and after trials...

Persian version GENEVA (10 July 2019) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concern that Iran continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls. “Over several...

GENEVA (July 1, 2019) —Belarus must halt the executions of individuals who have submitted complaints to the Human Rights Committee, UN human rights experts said today upon being informed about the...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 26 June 2019 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Agnès Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or...

GENEVA (24 June 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, will present her findings into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to...

GENEVA (19 June 2019) – Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a premeditated extrajudicial execution, for which the State of Saudi Arabia is responsible, according to a report published...