Summary This document contains information supplied by Governments, authorities, civil society and other stakeholders, relating to the follow-up measures to the recommendations made by the Working...

French | Spanish States must act on ‘disappearances’ of migrants, say UN experts GENEVA (29 August 2019) – Progressively more precarious movements of migrants undertaking long and perilous journeys –...

GENEVA (27 August 2019) - A group of UN experts expressed serious concern at the appointment of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva as Sri Lanka’s army chief, and urged the Government to advance long...

22 August 2019 States must do more to stop hate crimes and promote interfaith initiatives, say UN rights experts GENEVA (21 August 2019) – States have an important role to play in promoting religious...

GENEVA (22 August 2019) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of India to end the crackdown on freedom of expression, access to information and peaceful protests imposed in Indian...

Summary The situation of human rights in Ukraine is complex, notably due to the persistence of the armed conflict in its eastern regions, where violations and abuses by all parties to the conflict on...

Summary Since its inception in 1980, the Working Group has transmitted a total of 57,891 cases to 108 States. The number of cases under active consideration that have not yet been clarified, closed or...

5 July 2019 Introduction A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) concluded a five-day official visit to Tajikistan. The visit took place from...

Tajik version GENEVA (5 July 2019) – UN experts said today Tajikistan faces significant challenges in dealing with the issue of enforced disappearances. “We leave Tajikistan with some hope and serious...

Kyrgyz version | Russian GENEVA (28 June 2019) – “Kyrgyzstan is just a few steps away from ensuring a full protection from enforced disappearance and respect for the 1992 Declaration on the Protection...