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India: UN Experts Warn Of Systemic Policing Failures Over Reports Of Deaths And Torture In Custody

Thursday, 26 February 2026, 5:55 pm | UN Human Rights Council

The experts condemned the reported harassment and reprisals against victims, families, lawyers, medical personnel and civil society actors who are seeking accountability. More >>

Azerbaijan: UN Experts Urge Release Of Researchers Igbal Abilov And Bahruz Samadov, Charged With Treason

Friday, 17 October 2025, 4:42 pm | UN Human Rights Council

The experts urged authorities in Azerbaijan to promptly and impartially review both cases and release the two researchers without delay if the charges cannot be substantiated. More >>

US Sanctions On ICC Officials Undermine Independence Of Tribunal And Justice For Victims: UN Experts

Saturday, 23 August 2025, 7:03 pm | UN Human Rights Council

The latest round of sanctions, announced on 20 August by the US Secretary of State, followed similar sanctions imposed on four ICC judges in June, and on the ICC’s chief Prosecutor several months earlier. More >>

Iran: UN Experts Alarmed By Escalating Threats Against Iran International Media Workers And Their Families

Saturday, 23 August 2025, 6:01 pm | UN Human Rights Council

Several UK-based journalists have reportedly required police protection, and some have been forced to move into safe houses or even relocate abroad. More >>

Evidence Mounting About Russian Tactics Of Sexual Torture Against Ukrainian Civilians: UN Expert

Saturday, 23 August 2025, 5:54 pm | UN Human Rights Council

In all the documented cases, repeated electric shocks were administered, including to the genitals. These civilians were beaten, kicked, blindfolded and, in some instances, drownings were simulated and mock executions carried out. More >>

UN Experts Call On Security Council To Protect Women And Girls In Gaza And Restore Peace

Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:09 pm | UN Human Rights Council

“Ahead of the Council’s open debate on civilian protection under Greece’s presidency, we urge meaningful discussion of the grave and gendered impacts of the unfolding genocide on women and girls in the besieged Gaza Strip,” the experts said. More >>

Financial Planning To Address Climate Change In The Bahamas

Saturday, 2 September 2023, 4:42 am | UN Human Rights Council

A UN expert today called on the international community to step up support for the Bahamas and small island States at high risk of natural disasters due to climate change. “The Bahamas needs long-term financial planning to address its climate ... More >>

New Zealand Housing Crisis Requires Bold Human Rights Response, Says UN Expert

Friday, 21 February 2020, 7:57 am | UN Human Rights Council

The Government of New Zealand has recognized that the country is facing a housing crisis, said Leilani Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, at the end of her visit to the country . “While the Government has taken important steps ... More >>

Bachelet And Ugandan Government Sign New Agreement On UN Human Rights Country Office

Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 4:16 am | UN Human Rights Council

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Sunday signed a new agreement with the Government of Uganda maintaining the presence of a UN Human Rights office in the country for the next three years. Bachelet and Uganda’s Minister ... More >>

Human rights expert says Israel bent on further annexation

Saturday, 13 July 2019, 11:17 am | UN Human Rights Council

AMMAN (12 July 2019) – One of the UN’s independent experts has voiced concern about lack of human rights accountability in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, pointing to the actions of “an occupying power seemingly bent on further territorial ... More >>

Trump attacks on media violate basic norms of press freedom

Friday, 3 August 2018, 9:29 am | UN Human Rights Council

GENEVA/WASHINGTON (2 August 2018) - UN and Inter-American experts on freedom of expression have condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the free press and urged him and his administration to cease efforts to undermine the media’s ... More >>

UN/EU Torture prevention bodies to strengthen cooperation

Friday, 27 July 2018, 9:31 am | UN Human Rights Council

GENEVA/STRASBOURG (26 July 2018) – At their respective plenary meetings of June and July 2018, the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT) and the EuropeanCommittee ... More >>

Macron and Italy’s dep. PM urged to stop misuse of “leprosy"

Wednesday, 4 July 2018, 9:37 am | UN Human Rights Council

France’s Macron and Italy’s deputy PM urged to stop misuse of “leprosy” in political exchanges More >>

Provide trade support only to businesses that respect rights

Friday, 22 June 2018, 10:58 am | UN Human Rights Council

UN experts urge States to provide trade support only to businesses that respect human rights More >>

Urgent action needed to protect privacy in cyberspace

Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 10:14 am | UN Human Rights Council

GENEVA (6 March 2018) – International action is needed to protect privacy in cyberspace, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy has told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Joseph Cannataci, who is exploring avenues for protecting cyberspace privacy, ... More >>

Tonga’s human rights record to be reviewed by UN

Friday, 12 January 2018, 12:59 pm | UN Human Rights Council

GENEVA – Tonga’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday, 15 January 2018 in a meeting that will be webcast live . More >>

OHCHR PRESS BRIEFING NOTES - (1) Burundi, (2) Yemen

Saturday, 16 January 2016, 12:00 pm | UN Human Rights Council

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has just issued a statement warning that deeply worrying new trends are emerging in Burundi, including cases of sexual violence by security forces and a sharp increase in enforced disappearances ... More >>