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 (27 November 2023) – UN experts* today called for prompt, transparent and independent investigations into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, perpetrated in Israel and in the...

GENEVA (24 November 2023) – The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will conduct an official visit to the Bahamas from 27 November to 8 December 2023 to assess the situation of detention in the...

GENEVA (2 November 2023) – UN experts* today expressed shock over the death of 16-year-old Armita Geravand, who was hospitalised after collapsing on a subway in Tehran on 1 October, allegedly...

GENEVA (23 October 2023) – Femicide has become a global epidemic as States fail in their duty to protect victims of gender violence, a UN expert said. “Femicide is a global tragedy of pandemic...

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Kuwait on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political...

GENEVA (16 October 2023) – A UN expert today expressed concern at the imminent execution in Saudi Arabia of Abdullah Al-Derazi, who was a child when he allegedly committed his crime. “Despite Saudi...

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...

GENEVA (2 October 2023) – A UN expert today expressed dismay at the execution of a condemned prisoner in Viet Nam, despite repeated calls to spare his life. “I am disturbed by the execution of Le Van...

GENEVA (27 September 2023) – Azerbaijan must guarantee the rights of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh and ensure that the lives of civilians, detained persons or those otherwise “hors de combat”...