GENEVA (25 June 2020) – One year ago, 11 UN human rights experts jointly called on the Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigation into human rights violations in the Philippines...

GENEVA (8 June 2020) – A UN expert today expressed grave concern for the lives of indigenous human rights defenders being attacked in Costa Rica, saying that impunity and lack of accountability are...

Русский GENEVA (5 June 2020) – A group of UN experts today expressed serious concern about an intensified crackdown on civil society in Belarus, saying the country’s government must protect the right...

Spanish GENEVA (22 May 2020) – The Kenyan Government must halt all evictions during the COVID-19 crisis and protect the safety of human rights defenders who are under threat for working for the rights...

Spanish GENEVA (21 May 2020) – The government of Malaysia must halt an ongoing crackdown on migrants, journalists and civil society in the context of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and...

Chinese GENEVA (19 May 2020) – UN human rights experts* have called on China to lift charges against a Tibetan minority human rights defender who is awaiting an appeal hearing against a seven-year...

​French | ​Spanish Statement by human rights experts on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 17 May 2020 Geneva/Washington D.C./Strasbourg, 14 May 2020 On the eve of the...

Chinese GENEVA (13 May 2020) – UN human rights experts* today urged Hong Kong Special Administrative Region authorities to immediately drop the criminal prosecution of 15 pro-democracy activists who...

Russian GENEVA (8 May 2020) – A UN expert has warned Kyrgyzstan that if it does not immediately release imprisoned human rights defender Azimjan Askarov, the world would see the country is continuing...

Chinese | ​Spanish GENEVA (30 April 2020) – UN human rights experts* said today they are alarmed that increasing threats, attacks and charges against journalists, health workers and others in...