GENEVA (20 April 2018) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will hold its 115th session in Geneva from 23 April to 2 May 2018 to examine more than 950 cases...

Chinese GENEVA (23 March 2018) –UN human rights experts* are deeply concerned over the deteriorating health of Jiang Tianyong, a prominent human rights lawyer jailed in China for inciting “subversion”...

Brussels, 9 February 2018 The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) concluded its 114th session held between 5 and 9 February 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. The...

GENEVA / BRUSSELS (1 February 2018) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will hold its 114th session in Brussels from 5 to 9 February to examine more than 800...

GENEVA (26 January 2018) – A group of UN human rights experts* has called on Egypt to halt all pending executions following repeated allegations of unfair trials. “We are particularly concerned by an...

Spanish GENEVA (16 January 2018) – The entry into force today of a law on enforced disappearances in Mexico could turn the page on a dark chapter of the country on this issue, and start a process of...

GENEVA (28 December 2017) – The pardon granted to the former President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, is an appalling “slap in the face” to victims of human rights abuses, a group of United Nations human...

Spanish GENEVA (14 December 2017) - UN experts* have called on Mexico to reject a draft law on internal security that is due to be voted on in the Senate today, warning that giving the armed forces a...

GENEVA (5 December 2017) - A group of UN human rights experts* has welcomed the conviction of 48 people in Argentina, including military personnel and civilians, for torture, murder and enforced...

Global compact for migration stocktaking GENEVA (1 December 2017) – UN experts* have urged States to ensure a human rights-centred approach when developing the global compact for migration, as Member...