GENEVA (20 February 2023) – The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries will conduct its first visit to Armenia from 20 to 27 February 2023. The Working Group will visit the capital...

GENEVA (16 February 2023) – UN human rights experts* today expressed grave concern about reports that at least 10 boys, some as young as 12 years old were allegedly taken away from Camp Roj during the...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, examines the obligations of States to criminalize, investigate and prosecute acts of torture and other ill-treatment, identifies major challenges standing in the way of impartial, prompt, transparent and effective investigations and presents a range of State practices. The Special Rapporteur places a special emphasis on the participation and protection of victims and witnesses and presents a range of actionable recommendations. The report also presents an overview of the activities of the Special Rapporteur since taking up her mandate on 1 August 2022.

Date: 13 February 2023 1 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 12 February 2023, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (10 February 2023) – Extreme violence and gross human rights abuses, including mass incidents of murder, gang rape and sniper attacks, have sharply increased in Cité Soleil on...

Mesye dam bonjou (Good morning all). Thank you for coming and let me begin by thanking the Government of Haiti for its invitation to visit, and for the frank discussions we have had over the past two...

GENEVA (10 February 2023) – United Nations experts have expressed grave concern over the deaths of Keenan Anderson on 3 January 2023 at the hands of the Los Angeles Police Department and Tyre Nichols...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday called on the Somali authorities to ensure an independent, effective, and impartial investigation after scores of people were killed in...

Date: 6 February 2023 1 From 1 to 31 January 2023, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 697 civilian casualties in Ukraine: 177 killed (67 men, 48 women, 4 girls, 5...