Summary The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, conducted an official visit to Uzbekistan...

GENEVA - UN human rights experts* have called for an immediate moratorium on the use of Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), and urged the Government to substantively review and revise the...

GENEVA (28 February 2022) - UN human rights experts* today called on the Russian Federation to immediately end its aggression against Ukraine and call off its unnecessary and unprovoked military...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, follows up on the 2010 joint study on global practices in relation to secret detention in the context of countering terrorism

GENEVA (10 February 2022) - UN human rights experts* have called on Canada to urgently repatriate from Syria a woman who has life threatening illnesses, and who is being held at a camp under...

GENEVA (3 February 2022) - UN human rights experts have called on Tunisia to urgently repatriate six women and girls, aged between 3 and 22 years, who are being held in inhumane conditions at Al-Hol...

A UN human rights expert today expressed serious concerns for the welfare of close to 700 children held at Al-Sina'a/Ghuwayran prison in Al-Hasakeh in northeast Syria, the scene of a deadly ISIL...

UN human rights experts* expressed serious concern over the United Kingdom's Nationality and Borders Bill, which they said breaches the country's obligations under international law. “If adopted, it...

GENEVA (11 January 2022) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Kazakhstan authorities and security forces to halt their unrestrained use of force, including lethal force, against protesters...