GENEVA (22 December 2020) – A UN human rights expert today issued an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, asking him to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been held in Belmarsh...

中文 GENEVA (16 December 2020) – A UN human rights expert today expressed dismay at the treatment of human rights defenders and lawyers in China, saying they continue to be charged, detained...

Farsi (PDF) GENEVA (9 December 2020) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the return to prison of woman human rights defender and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, and called for her immediate release....

GENEVA (9 December 2020) – UN human rights experts* today raised concerns about the scourge of enforced disappearances and torture in Pakistan, calling on the Government to uphold its human rights...

GENEVA (8 December 2020) – The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, today appealed to British authorities to immediately release Julian Assange from prison or to place him under guarded...

GENEVA (3 December 2020) – UN human rights experts* have called for clemency to be granted to Lisa Montgomery after the US rescheduled her execution for January 2021 amid concerns that she received...

Français GENEVA (3 December 2020) – France’s controversial bill on global security would be incompatible with international human rights law, and should be comprehensively revised, human rights...

International community must act now and together to prevent development setback, say experts GENEVA (3 December 2020) – It is critically important for States to strengthen and renew their commitment...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 3 December 2020 GENEVA (1 December 2020) – As the world looks beyond COVID-19, UN human rights experts have urged States to ensure that people with...

GENEVA (30 November 2020) – The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk that people at the edges of society will be pushed into slavery, trafficking and/or sexual exploitation, and governments must...