Date: 8 August 2022 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 7 August 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

BANGUI/GENEVA (5 August 2022) - Armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) must lay down their arms and engage in political dialogue, a UN expert said today, urging the international community...

JUBA/GENEVA, 5 August 2022 – The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan today concluded its tenth visit to the country, from 2 to 5 August. Comprised of Yasmin Sooka (Chairperson)...

In the present report, the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to selfdetermination examines violations of human rights and humanitarian law perpetrated by private military and security companies, mercenaries and related actors in the maritime context.

JUBA/GENEVA, 2 August 2022 – Experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan will embark on their tenth visit to the country from 2 to 5 August. The Commission is comprised of...

From 1 to 31 July 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 1,455 civilian casualties in Ukraine: 355 killed (111 men, 86 women, 6 girls, 9 boys, and 143 adults...

GENEVA (29 July 2022) – The UN Committee against Torture on Friday issued findings on Botswana, Nicaragua, the State of Palestine and the United Arab Emirates after reviewing the four States parties...

The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Botswana, Nicaragua, State of Palestine, and the United Arab...

GENEVA (26 July 2022) – The rising levels of violence perpetrated by non-State armed groups and criminal organizations in rural areas of Colombia are having a devastating impact, particularly on women...

The Committee against Torture today discussed reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or...