GENEVA (22 November 2022) – The arrest and detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez has a chilling effect on civil society, rights activists and journalists in the region, UN experts...

GENEVA (11 November 2022) -- UN experts* today urged Iranian authorities to stop indicting people with charges punishable by death for participation, or alleged participation, in peaceful...

GENEVA (11 November 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, will be in Argentina from 14 to 25 November 2022 on the first official...

GENEVA (11 November 2022) – UN experts* today joined the growing chorus of human rights voices expressing fears for the life of Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and demanding his...

GENEVA (8 November 2022) – UN experts* today called on Türkiye to stop using counter-terrorism legislation to intimidate human rights defenders and immediately release recently detained Sebnem Korur...

GENEVA (4 November 2022) – UN independent experts* today called on States to fully integrate human rights standards and principles in negotiations during the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN...

GENEVA (26 October 2022) -- UN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged...

NEW YORK (25 October 2022) – Over four decades, the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions has played a key role in highlighting the scourge of...

GENEVA (10 October 2022 ) – On the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Alice Edwards, and the...

GENEVA (28 September 2022) – Iran must immediately halt the executions of two women sentenced to death in relation to their support for the human rights of LGBT people, UN experts* said today. Iranian...