4 March 2021 Council Concludes Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment The Human Rights Council this afternoon started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur...

GENEVA (23 February 2021) – UN experts* said today the US Administration's review of how to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre should also address ongoing violations of human rights being...

GENEVA (11 February 2021) – UN experts urge the Egyptian authorities to remove Ramy Shaath and Zyad El-Elaimy from a “terrorist” list and to stop the systemic misuse of counter-terrorism powers. The...

GENEVA (8 February 2021) – UN human rights experts expressed serious concerns at the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation at the Al Hol and Roj camps in northeast Syria - home to over 64...

Sinhala version ( PDF ) ( Word ) | Tamil (PDF) GENEVA (5 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* have urged the Sri Lankan authorities to stop rolling back hard fought progress made in recent years...

GENEVA (28 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on Philippine authorities to drop a reportedly unwarranted murder charge against an indigenous rights defender who submitted himself to...

UN experts urge renewed commitment to combat antisemitism, including Holocaust distortion and denial GENEVA (27 January 2021) – UN experts* said today States must take resolute action against rising...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism addresses the global, regional and national effects of the widespread use of counter-terrorism and preventing and countering (violent) extremism law, policies and practice on the lives of women, girls and the family.

GENEVA (18 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today released a statement condemning the violent events at the US Capitol in Washington. It reads as follows: “We, the undersigned independent...

GENEVA (11 January 2021) – UN human rights experts* today appealed to the new U.S. Administration to immediately close the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, saying the remaining detainees risk death...