GENEVA (1 December 2023) – Many people with disabilities have lost their lives to armed conflict, UN experts* said today, calling for peace at a time when the human rights of persons with disabilities...

The resumption of hostilities in Gaza is catastrophic. I urge all parties and States with influence over them to redouble efforts, immediately, to ensure a ceasefire – on humanitarian and human rights...

GENEVA (30 November 2023) – UN experts* today expressed alarm about the escalation of violence in Sudan, particularly sexual violence committed in the conflict, primarily by the Rapid Support Forces...

GENEVA (30 November 2023) - The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will make its second visit to the Philippines from 3 to 14 December to advise and assist the State party in fulfilling...

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GENEVA (29 November 2023) – The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture has added the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Greece, Honduras and Nigeria to its programme of visits for 2024, in addition...

GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (28 November 2023) - A new UN report out today details a further, shocking rise in gang violence in Haiti as criminal gangs forge alliances and expand to rural areas previously...

Antonia Urrejola, the international human rights expert appointed to identify and verify obstacles to the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement, concludes her second visit to Colombia today. The...

We are appalled by the killing of dozens of civilians by JNIM armed elements in northern Burkina Faso on 26 November. Attacks on civilians are inexcusable and must stop, and those responsible must be...