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UN Experts Call For Immediate Suspension Of EU-Israel Trade Agreement As ‘Minimum Requirement’ Under International Law
Tuesday, 21 April 2026, 8:43 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
“Europe faces a clear moral test, when its Foreign Ministers meet in Luxembourg tomorrow, 21 April, to consider the suspension, in full or in part of this Agreement,” the experts said. More >>
UN Experts Call For End To Attacks On Gaza Shelters, Forced Displacement In West Bank
Tuesday, 14 April 2026, 7:44 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
Targeting areas known to shelter displaced civilians is a grave breach of international humanitarian law and is a grim reminder of the urgent need for international action and accountability. More >>
Afghanistan: UN Experts Demand Immediate End To Taliban Restrictions On Women At UN Premises
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 3:20 pm | United Nations Human Rights Council
Afghan women have never stopped serving their communities, often under extraordinary pressure and at significant personal risk, the experts said. More >>
UN Expert Warns Torture Has Become ‘State Doctrine’ In Israel, Making Prisons Instruments Of Genocide And Torture
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 6:08 pm | United Nations Human Rights Council
Albanese’s report warns that since October 2023, more than 18,500 Palestinians have been detained across the occupied Palestinian territory, including at least 1,500 children. More >>
Ocean Governance Must Be Grounded In International Law: UN Experts
Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 2:47 pm | United Nations Human Rights Council
“The deep seabed is not an industrial frontier, it is one of the most fragile and least understood ecosystems on Earth, and its protection is a legal obligation under international law and human rights law,” the experts said. More >>
UN Experts Warn That Impunity Rules As Repression, Unlawful Killings, Torture And Enforced Disappearances Surge
Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 2:43 pm | United Nations Human Rights Council
Standing in solidarity with the victims of the war against Ukraine means standing for justice. The strategy of repression at home and aggression abroad must be dismantled by the Russian authorities to end impunity and make lasting peace possible. More >>
Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee Condemns Attacks Against Francesca Albanese By State Representatives
Friday, 20 February 2026, 6:09 pm | United Nations Human Rights Council
The Committee encourages all States to reflect on how they have contributed to lawlessness and world disorder by enabling, encouraging or defending the illegal actions of the Government of Israel. More >>
Special Rapporteur Condemns Israeli Attempts To Further Annex West Bank
Friday, 20 February 2026, 6:06 pm | United Nations Human Rights Council
States must comply with their legal obligations: refrain from recognition, to withhold assistance, and to take effective measures to bring the unlawful occupation to an end, the Special Rapporteur said. More >>
UN Expert Encourages Egypt To Continue Its Advancements Towards The Realisation Of The Right To Water And Sanitation
Friday, 20 February 2026, 6:04 pm | United Nations Human Rights Council
The main problems, in particular for those living in poverty, lie in the potability of tap water, Arrojo Agudo said. More >>
Minneapolis: Fatal Shootings May Amount To Extrajudicial Killing, Warn UN Experts
Thursday, 12 February 2026, 8:41 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
On 7 and 24 January, two U.S. citizens were shot at point blank range and killed in Minneapolis by federal immigration enforcement personnel, during a large-scale immigration enforcement operation connected to “Operation Metro Surge.” More >>
UN Expert Concerned By UK Failure To Enforce Supreme Court Ruling On Sex-Based Protections
Friday, 6 February 2026, 11:37 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
The expert expressed particular concern that non-compliance appears to extend to government departments and public sector bodies, including the National Health Service, the prison service, universities and schools. More >>
China: UN Experts Concerned By Repeated Denial Of Medical Care For Woman Human Rights Defender Yang Li
Friday, 6 February 2026, 11:30 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
Yang Li has been advocating against land requisition and crop clearance being carried out by the authorities in Jiangsu Province since 2009. More >>
UN Experts Urge Restoration Of Peace, Human Rights And Security In North-East Syria
Friday, 30 January 2026, 8:44 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
“We urge the parties to peacefully resolve this conflict with full respect for international human rights law and international humanitarian law, including humanitarian assistance for the many displaced persons,” the experts said. More >>
UN Expert Calls For Hostage-Taking To Be Included In Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
Friday, 30 January 2026, 8:35 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
“I am concerned that despite the profound human cost to civilians and the corrosive impact on societies and international relations, the practice is not expressly addressed in the current text under negotiation,” the Special Rapporteur said. More >>
UN Experts Urge Malta To Drop Charges Against El Hiblu 3 And Uphold Migrants’ Rights
Monday, 26 January 2026, 9:31 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
“The boys did not engage in any violence or threats but were arrested upon disembarkation in Malta and charged with extremely serious offences, including terrorism, with some offences carrying life imprisonment,” the experts said. More >>
“Illegitimate Elections Yield Illegitimate Results”: UN Expert Urges Rejection Of Myanmar Junta’s Sham Poll Results
Monday, 26 January 2026, 9:28 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
According to the Special Rapporteur, the three phases of voting in the junta’s election scheme were marked by violence, low turnout and widespread coercion. More >>
UN Experts Alarmed By Reports Of Forced Labour Of Uyghur, Tibetan And Other Minorities Across China
Friday, 23 January 2026, 11:56 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
According to the experts, forced labour in China is enabled through the State-mandated “poverty alleviation through labour transfer” programme, which coerces Uyghurs and members of other minority groups into jobs in Xinjiang and other regions. More >>
Israel’s Continuous Assaults On Birzeit University Are An Attack On Education Itself: UN Experts
Friday, 23 January 2026, 11:49 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
Birzeit University, one of the most prominent Palestinian institutions in the occupied West Bank, has long been targeted by Israeli forces. The raid on 6 January was the 26th on the university since 2002. More >>
Treaty On Crimes Against Humanity: States Must Give Afghan Women A Central Voice And Recognise Gender Apartheid
Tuesday, 20 January 2026, 9:13 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
The voices of Afghan women in civil society are not merely testimonies; they are authoritative sources and primary experts on the oppression they face. More >>
Israel: Ban On 37 Aid Groups Makes Life Unbearable For Genocide Survivors In Palestine, Say UN Experts
Friday, 16 January 2026, 9:29 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
“Banning life-saving organisations from operating in Gaza marks a new phase in a policy that renders life unbearable for a population already devastated by genocide,” the experts said. More >>
