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From Stadiums To Boardrooms, Racism Remains Pervasive In Sport: UN Expert
Friday, 3 July 2026, 9:45 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The report highlights how poverty, conflict, discriminatory regulations and lack of representation create significant barriers for marginalised racial and ethnic groups. “Access to sport remains unequal,” the expert said. More >>
Belarus: UN Experts Urge Authorities To Withdraw Proposed Restrictions On Tutors And Independent Educators
Thursday, 2 July 2026, 7:13 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts urged Belarusian authorities to refrain from adopting the proposed regulations and review existing legislation to ensure compliance with international human rights law. More >>
UN Working Group Calls For Action To Ensure AI Serves Equality, Not Discrimination
Thursday, 25 June 2026, 7:08 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“AI and digital technologies are reshaping the conditions under which women and girls exercise their rights,” the Working Group said. More >>
UN Expert Calls For Urgent Action To End Violence Against Mothers Worldwide
Tuesday, 23 June 2026, 7:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Mothers are subjected to multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, yet remain unrecognised as a distinct category in law, policy and data. More >>
Iran Peace Deal Must Not Come At The Cost Of Human Rights, Warn UN Experts
Saturday, 20 June 2026, 7:37 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“The human cost has been compounded by severe economic harm in Iran, as well as in the region and globally,” the experts said. More >>
Kuwait: Nationality Withdrawals Disproportionately Harming Women And Children, Warns UN Expert
Friday, 19 June 2026, 6:56 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
She also urged the State of Kuwait to ensure that all future nationality-related decisions are subject to effective judicial oversight. More >>
Afghanistan: Taliban Decree On Separation Of Spouses Further Erodes Rights Of Women And Girls, Warn UN Experts
Thursday, 18 June 2026, 8:56 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
De facto authorities currently severely restrict women and girls’ freedom of movement, education and employment. More >>
Afghanistan: Experts Condemn Arrests For Dress Code Violations And Excessive Use Of Force In Herat
Friday, 12 June 2026, 7:48 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts urged de-escalation and warned that tensions must be reduced immediately to prevent further violence or harm. More >>
Kuwait: Prosecution Of Journalist Signals Troubling Crackdown On Expression, Warn UN Experts
Thursday, 11 June 2026, 6:49 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Shihab-Eldin was falsely charged with spreading false information, harming national security, and misusing a mobile phone, after having reported on military activities relating to the conflict involving Iran, the US and Gulf States including Kuwait. More >>
UN Experts Warn Of Rights Violations Against Women & Girls From Christian & Other Religious Minority Communities
Tuesday, 9 June 2026, 8:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Displaced Christian and other minority women and girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual exploitation and abuse, including coercion into sexual acts in exchange for food or basic necessities. More >>
Indonesia: UN Experts Condemn Military Trial In Acid Attack Case Targeting Human Rights Defender Andrie Yunus
Thursday, 4 June 2026, 7:46 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“The use of a military trial in a case involving an extreme and targeted acid attack on a civilian raises serious concern regarding accountability, independence and transparency,” the experts said. More >>
Indigenous Peoples Gravely Vulnerable To Ebola Epidemic, Warn UN Independent Experts
Thursday, 4 June 2026, 7:43 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organisation, the Ebola outbreak is most prominent within or near Indigenous Peoples’ territories,” the experts said. More >>
UN Experts Strongly Condemn New US Threats And Coercion Against Cuba
Wednesday, 3 June 2026, 9:07 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“A democratic and equitable international order requires that all States, regardless of size or power, participate on equal footing, free from undue pressure,” they said. More >>
Occupied Palestinian Territory: UN Experts Alarmed By Escalating Settler Terror And Displacement
Tuesday, 2 June 2026, 7:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Violence is used as a calculated, targeted tool to deny Palestinians access to essential services, agricultural and grazing areas, with the ultimate aim of severing the people's connection to the land,” the experts said. More >>
Brazil: UN Experts Call For Full Justice And Accountability Twenty Years After The Crimes Of May
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 6:21 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The UN experts stressed that the “Crimes of May” must be recognised as serious human rights violations and, thus, not subject to any statute of limitations. More >>
Alarmed By Complicity Of Online Pornographic Platforms & Other Intermediaries In Sexual Exploitation Of Women And Girls
Saturday, 16 May 2026, 9:31 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“The contrast is stark: individuals are imprisoned for trafficking, whilst the corporate entity that enabled and knowingly profited from the criminal enterprise on a large scale avoids conviction,” they said. More >>
Kazakhstan: UN Expert Commends Economic Development And Digitalisation
Saturday, 16 May 2026, 9:28 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Special Rapporteur’s report about this visit will be presented to the Human Rights Council in September 2027. More >>
Experts Urge Equatorial Guinea To Uphold International Obligations And Halt Returns Of Those At Risk
Thursday, 14 May 2026, 8:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The individuals detained in Malabo — including nationals of Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Mauritania — are among a group of at least 29 people deported from the United States under a bilateral temporary transfer agreement. More >>
United Kingdom: UN Expert Alarmed By Systemic Erosion Of The Right To Protest
Thursday, 14 May 2026, 8:13 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
On 29 April, following multiple stabbings in Golders Green, London, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he would consider banning some pro-Palestinian protests due to the “cumulative” effect that they were having on the UK Jewish community. More >>
Algeria: UN Experts Alarmed By Crackdown On Families Of Disappeared Persons And Civil Society
Thursday, 14 May 2026, 7:06 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The prohibition of enforced disappearance is absolute and peremptory under international law, giving rise to a nonderogable obligation to investigate such acts and to ensure those responsible are held accountable. More >>
