GENEVA (9 October 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or...

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 self-determination aims to fill a knowledge gap amongst States and other relevant stakeholders, by providing a stocktaking of the current legal, human rights, and international humanitarian law frameworks in relation to mercenaries, mercenary-related actors, and private military and security companies.

GENEVA (9 October 2023) – UN experts* today expressed serious concern about the first mass trial of 47 people underway since February 2023 under the National Security Legislation (NSL) of the Hong...

I am shocked and appalled at reports this morning that hundreds, possibly thousands, of indiscriminate rockets have been fired by Palestinian armed groups towards Israel, and that at least 22 Israelis...

The appalling scenes from the village of Hroza in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine underscore once again the terrible price civilians are paying 20 months after Russia’s invasion. According to local...

Summary This report Attack on Funeral Reception in Hroza, 5 October 2023 was prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) through the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in...

GENEVA (5 October 2023) – The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will carry out its second visit to Guatemala from 8 to 19 October 2023. The Subcommittee delegation will visit various...

GENEVA (5 October 2023) - The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will conduct its first visit to Georgia from 8 to 14 October to assess the measures taken by the country to protect people...