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UN Committee Against Torture Publishes Findings On Gabon, Italy, Pakistan And Tajikistan
Saturday, 2 May 2026, 9:37 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
It urged periodic independent monitoring of all places of deprivation of liberty, in line with international standards, including by civil society and relevant public authorities. More >>
Israel’s Discriminatory Death Penalty Law Marks Grave Human Rights Retrogression, UN Anti-Racism Committee Warns
Friday, 1 May 2026, 8:37 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
It also called on Israel to end all policies and practices that amount to racial discrimination against and segregation of Palestinians. More >>
Bulgaria Violated Freedom Of Association By Denying Registration Of An Ethnic Macedonian Rights Organisation
Sunday, 12 April 2026, 9:51 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
The Human Rights Committee called on Bulgaria to review the domestic judicial decisions refusing registration and to provide the complainant with adequate compensation. More >>
Mexico: UN Committee Requests General Assembly Consideration Of Enforced Disappearance Situation
Friday, 3 April 2026, 10:07 am | UN Treaty Bodies
The Committee request the UN Secretary-General to provide technical, financial and specialist support for search operations, forensic analysis and investigations into enforced disappearances and links to organised crime. More >>
Republic Of Korea Violated Rights Of Asylum Seeker Held In Limbo At Incheon Airport, UN Committee Finds
Thursday, 2 April 2026, 8:11 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
In its decision, the Committee requested the Republic of Korea to report back within 180 days, detailing the measures it has taken to remedy the situation. More >>
UN Disability Rights Committee Publishes Findings On Lesotho, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Pakistan And Samoa
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 6:31 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by climate displacement while disability-inclusive disaster preparedness and response mechanisms remain inaccessible. More >>
Burundi: Disbarring Lawyers And Appropriating Property Were Reprisals For UN Cooperation, Committee Finds
Wednesday, 24 December 2025, 8:25 am | UN Treaty Bodies
According to the complainants, they participated in peaceful demonstrations in Burundi in 2015 opposing President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to seek a third term in office, which they considered unconstitutional. More >>
Mozambique: Pivotal Moment To Strengthen Torture Safeguards, UN Body Says
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 8:35 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
Despite the slow progress, the SPT highlighted that the current constitutional reform process provides an important chance to reinforce the NPM’s legal basis and move the country closer to full compliance with international human rights standards. More >>
Gaza: UN Child Rights Committee Condemns Using Starvation Of Children As Weapon Of War
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 7:24 am | UN Treaty Bodies
Famine has now taken hold in Gaza. Malnutrition among children is accelerating at a catastrophic pace. The Committee echoed the multiple UN agencies’ warning that, without immediate and unhindered humanitarian access, the manmade famine will spread, ... More >>
Peru’s Amnesty Law Breaches International Human Rights Obligations, UN Experts Warn
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 7:41 am | UN Treaty Bodies
The experts reiterated that the non-applicability of statutory limitations to crimes against humanity is a peremptory norm of international law from which no derogation is permitted. More >>
UNHRC Publishes Findings On Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Latvia, North Macedonia, Spain, And Viet Nam
Sunday, 20 July 2025, 3:10 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
The findings highlight positive developments and outline key concerns and recommendations regarding each country’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). More >>
UN CEDAW Committee Publishes Findings On Afghanistan, Botswana, Chad, Fiji, Ireland, Mexico, San Marino and More
Tuesday, 8 July 2025, 6:42 am | UN Treaty Bodies
The findings contain positive aspects of each country’s implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, as well as the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations. More >>
Kyrgyzstan: Independent Torture Prevention Watchdog Should Not Be Replaced, UN Experts Warn
Monday, 30 June 2025, 9:43 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
The NCPT was established in 2012 through national legislation to implement the obligations the Kyrgyz Republic undertook when it became a State Party to the OPCAT in 2008 and has since been working as its national preventive mechanism. More >>
UN CEDAW Committee Breaks New Ground With First Treaty Body Review Of Afghanistan Since Taliban Takeover In 2021
Saturday, 28 June 2025, 9:45 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
While UN treaty bodies have previously conducted country reviews in the absence of a state delegation, CEDAW’s decision to hold a public dialogue with a delegation of former State officials represents a first-of-its-kind arrangement within the treaty ... More >>
Peru: UN Experts Raise Concern Over Juvenile Detention In Adult Prisons
Saturday, 28 June 2025, 9:43 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
During the mission, the SPT delegation visited men and women’s prisons, juvenile detention centres, police stations, judicial holding cells, and a religious educational institution. More >>
Serbia Needs To Strengthen Effective Torture Prevention Measures, UN Torture Prevention Body Says
Friday, 27 June 2025, 5:11 am | UN Treaty Bodies
The Subcommittee will submit a confidential report to the Government of Serbia with its observations and recommendations on preventing torture and ill-treatment of people deprived of their liberty. As with all other States, it encourages Serbia to make ... More >>
UN Torture Prevention Body To Visit Serbia
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 6:46 am | UN Treaty Bodies
UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture is mandated to visit all States Parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT), which Serbia ratified in 2006. At the end of the visit, the SPT will present its confidential More >>
UN Torture Prevention Body To Visit Peru As Field Missions Resume
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 8:22 am | UN Treaty Bodies
Peru ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) in 2006 and its NPM, established by law in 2015, is housed within the Ombudsman´s Office (Defensoría del Pueblo). More >>
Kyrgyzstan: National Leader’s Reputation Must Not Override Right To Freedom Of Expression, UN Committee Finds
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 8:55 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
“A head of State is not above public scrutiny,” said Committee member Imeru Yigezu, adding that, “Using the courts to silence criticism undermines the very foundations of democracy.” More >>
Gaza: UN Anti-Racism Committee Decries Halt To Food Aid, Urges Immediate Humanitarian Access
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:44 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
Invoking its early warning and urgent action procedures, the Committee recalled its 2024 decision, which raised serious concerns regarding Israel’s obligations under international law to prevent war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. More >>
