GENEVA (10 October 2016) –United Nations human rights experts today urged the Ethiopian authorities to end their violent crackdown on peaceful protests, which has reportedly led to the death of over...

GENEVA (4 October 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, today called on the authorities in Yemen to put an end to the systematic harassment...

GENEVA (23 September 2016) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances concluded its 110th session, which took place in Geneva from 19 to 23 September 2016. The...

GENEVA (19 September 2016) – The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* will examine more than 800 cases from 36 countries during its 110th session in Geneva from 19 to 23...

GENEVA (15 September 2016) – “The road that leads to truth and justice is long but is the right one to take, even if it may be painful at times,” said today the Working Group on Enforced...

GENEVA (15 September 2016) – The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances said today that is imperative for the Turkish Government to address past violations and that this is...

GENEVA (15 September 2016) – “The adoption of the law on searching for the disappeared as well as the recent announcement by the Government concerning the reopening of the Registry of Victims offer a...

GENEVA (15 September 2016) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances today warned that enforced disappearances are on the rise, and expressed deep concern and...

GENEVA (26 August 2016) – Two United Nations expert groups on enforced disappearances called on States worldwide to prevent and eradicate enforced disappearances, including short-term enforced...