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Iran: UN Experts Demand End To Unlawful Killings Of Kurdish Border Couriers And Baloch Fuel Carriers
Thursday, 24 September 2026, 7:09 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
At least 12 kolbars have reportedly been shot dead by Iran’s border forces or Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps since the start of 2026. More >>
“Nowhere Is Safe”: UN Special Rapporteur Exposes Russia’s Global Transnational Repression Campaign
Tuesday, 22 September 2026, 7:08 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Since February 2022, between 650,000 and 900,000 people have left Russia: the country’s largest political emigration since the 20th century. More >>
Pakistan Must Stop Removals Of Afghans At Risk Of Torture And Other Serious Human Rights Violations: UN Experts
Monday, 21 September 2026, 8:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
"The immediate priority is the establishment of a transparent and accessible procedure through which Afghans at risk can come forward, be individually assessed, & obtain protection from removal while that assessment is carried out," the experts said More >>
UN Experts Outraged By Funeral Honours Accorded To Ratko Mladić, Former General Convicted Of Srebrenica Genocide
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 8:17 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“For survivors of atrocities in the former Yugoslavia and families of those killed or forcibly disappeared, official tributes to persons convicted of such crimes can deepen suffering and undermine memory, truth and accountability,” the experts said. More >>
Penalising Peasant Seed Systems Threatens Global Food Supply: UN Experts
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 7:19 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
In its latest report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Working Group said almost all the world's food comes from seeds, and traditional systems supply 70 to 90 per cent of the seed sown in many countries. More >>
Coordination Committee Of Special Procedures Calls For Renewed Support To Mandate Holders In Challenging Times
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 7:07 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Special Procedures experts will continue to carry out their responsibilities with independence, impartiality and rigor, guided by international human rights law and the voices of victims and survivors. More >>
Taliban Policies Denying Afghan Children A Future, Warns UN Expert
Tuesday, 8 September 2026, 7:24 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
By dismantling the legal framework and weakening and repurposing institutions that previously protected and promoted children’s rights, the Taliban has exposed Afghan children to violence, abuse and exploitation, the expert said. More >>
USA: UN Experts Urge Immediate Halt To Christa Pike’s Execution
Tuesday, 8 September 2026, 7:21 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Pike’s execution would mark the culmination of a trajectory of severe physical and psychological suffering marked by childhood abuse and nearly three decades of solitary confinement on death row,” the experts said. More >>
Gaza: UN Expert Warns Israeli Rubble-Clearing Could Erase Traces Of Atrocity Crimes
Tuesday, 8 September 2026, 7:11 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, between October 2023 and October 2025, at least 92 per cent of Gaza’s housing units alongside extensive civilian infrastructure, had been destroyed or damaged. More >>
Pakistan: Student Killing Denounced Amid Ongoing Enforced Disappearances & Extrajudicial Killings Of Baloch People
Sunday, 6 September 2026, 3:19 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts warned that Ali’s death is not an isolated incident but reflective of a pattern of what appears to be a widespread and escalating practice of unlawful detention. More >>
Syrian Arab Republic: UN Experts Urge Repeal Of Dispossession Laws
Thursday, 3 September 2026, 7:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts noted that the 2025 Constitutional Declaration proclaims the right to property, and the importance of private and family life (Articles 13, 14 and 20), but remains silent about the right to adequate housing. More >>
9 Years On: Rohingya Continue To Face Atrocity Crimes, Mass Displacement & Growing Humanitarian Crisis, Warn UN Experts
Wednesday, 26 August 2026, 7:25 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Reports indicate that more than 1.6 million Rohingya refugees remained outside Myanmar at the end of 2025, with the vast majority living in Bangladesh and others in India, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. More >>
Singapore: UN Experts Condemn Unlawful Executions For Drug Offences
Wednesday, 19 August 2026, 7:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Capital proceedings require the highest standards of fairness and due process. No execution can be lawful where the death sentence results from proceedings that fail to meet these guarantees,” said the UN experts. More >>
UK: Revised Code Of Practice Risks Institutionalising Discrimination Against Transgender And Gender-Diverse Persons
Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 7:05 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The revised Code treats a service that includes both cisgender and transgender women as a mixed-sex service and states that such a service must be open to all users. More >>
New Russian Law Inflicts “Civic Death” On Govt Critics Abroad As “Traitors To The Motherland”: UN Special Rapporteur
Friday, 14 August 2026, 8:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
This is a targeted punishment of anti-war voices and Govt critics en masse, designed to make life outside Russia unsustainable. Those affected keep the duties of citizenship but lose most of its content thus rendering them de facto stateless. More >>
Afghanistan: UN Experts Warn Against Normalisation Of Taliban Rule
Friday, 14 August 2026, 8:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
An Afghan girl cited by the experts said, “It has been five years since I was deprived of my education. It is deeply depressing to feel that you cannot move forward but are stuck where you were five years ago.” More >>
USA: UN Experts Raise Concerns Over 24-hour Workday For Home Care Workers In New York City
Friday, 14 August 2026, 8:06 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Home care workers must be able to enjoy just, favourable and safe working conditions, adequate rest, fair remuneration, protection of their rights, and access to effective remedies,” the experts said. More >>
Israel: UN Expert Concerned “Parental Alienation” Being Misused To Discredit Mothers In Abuse Cases
Thursday, 13 August 2026, 7:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
In several cases, mothers reported having been threatened with transfer of custody or institutionalisation of their children, or effectively lost custody, if they continued to sound the alarm on the abuse of their children. More >>
UN Experts Condemn Escalation In Attacks Against Palestinians In Gaza And West Bank
Tuesday, 11 August 2026, 7:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Despite a ceasefire nominally in force since October 2025, Israeli forces have killed about 160 Palestinians in Gaza in July alone, bringing the death toll in the ravaged enclave since the so-called ceasefire to more than 1,200. More >>
USA/UK: UN Expert Welcomes Extradition Proceedings Against Tate Brothers, Calls For Accountability
Thursday, 6 August 2026, 7:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Given in particular the scale of the alleged offences, and the Tate brothers’ global influence in promoting misogyny and harmful models of masculinity, it is urgent and imperative that they face justice. More >>
