GENEVA (13 May 2022) - UN human rights experts* condemn the killing of Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, in the occupied West Bank and call for a prompt, transparent, thorough and independent...

GENEVA (25 April 2022) - We urge the Government of Singapore to halt the imminent execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam and Datchinamurthy Kataiah, two Malaysian nationals convicted of drug offences...

GENEVA (24 March 2022) - Killings, attacks and threats against indigenous human rights defenders working to defend their territory must be prevented and effectively investigated by the Colombian...

GENEVA (22 March 2022) - UN human rights experts* have expressed dismay at the Peru Constitutional Court’s decision to restore a presidential pardon and to release former president Alberto Fujimori...

18 March 2022 Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is pleased to present this oral...

15 March 2022 Morning The Human Rights Council this morning held separate interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism...

We have received disturbing reports that at least seven people were executed in Egypt last week. The death sentences in these cases were issued in trials that were credibly reported not to have met...

GENEVA (14 March 2022) – UN human rights experts* today called on Bangladesh to immediately cease reprisals against human rights defenders and relatives of forcibly disappeared persons for their...

GENEVA (10 March 2022) –The UN Human Rights Committee on Thursday condemned Belarus for its execution of Victor Pavlov, whose petition was still being examined by the Committee. Victor Pavlov is the...

GENEVA (1 March 2022) - UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, citing shocking...