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Australia: Indigenous Children Face Systemic Racial Discrimination In Criminal Justice System, UN Committee Warns
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 7:39 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Australia must improve detention conditions in line with international standards, ensure that Indigenous children deprived of liberty have access to medical care, legal counsel, adequate food, social services & their families. More >>
UN Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination Publishes Findings
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 7:12 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, as well as positive aspects. More >>
Sweden Violated Rights Of Child With Severe Disabilities By Deporting Him To Albania Despite Medical Risks
Tuesday, 28 April 2026, 7:53 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee recalled that States must not deport, extradite or otherwise remove a person when there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk of irreparable harm in the receiving country. More >>
UN Women’s Rights Committee Reaffirms Protection Of Girls From Prostitution And Sexual Exploitation
Wednesday, 22 April 2026, 8:41 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee recognizes the importance of consistency and coherence. In this regard, it also recalls that CEDAW, like all other human rights treaties, is a living document and should be interpreted contextually. More >>
UN Committee On Enforced Disappearances Publishes Findings On Ecuador, Iraq, Malawi And Samoa
Thursday, 26 March 2026, 9:17 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee urged Ecuador to strengthen its mechanisms for detecting and locating disappeared children and to prevent such disappearances. More >>
UN Human Rights Committee Publishes Findings On Andorra, Canada, Chad, Moldova And Slovakia
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 7:08 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as positive aspects. Highlights include: More >>
Cambodia Responsible For Impunity And Lack Of Reparation In Child Rape Case, UN Committee Finds
Tuesday, 17 March 2026, 8:43 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee ordered immediate enforcement of the judgment, full reparations, protection measures, and prohibition of non-judicial settlements in sexual violence cases. More >>
Racial Profiling & Racist Hate Speech By Political Leaders Heightened HR Violations Against Migrants & Asylum Seekers
Thursday, 12 March 2026, 8:41 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee was deeply disturbed by the growing use of derogatory and dehumanizing language, and the dissemination of negative and harmful stereotypes targeting migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. More >>
Mexico Discriminated Against Women In Decade-Long Pretrial Detention, UN Committee Finds
Friday, 6 March 2026, 7:58 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
According to the information brought before the Committee, the number of women in pretrial detention in Mexico increased by 10.3% in the first six months of 2020, compared with the increase of 1.9% for men. More >>
Iran: Children Must Never Be Collateral Damage, UN Committee Says
Thursday, 5 March 2026, 9:06 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee called for an immediate and sustained ceasefire by all parties to the hostilities in the Middle East, so that children are no longer exposed to killing, maiming, displacement, psychological harm, or other violations of their rights. More >>
UN Committee On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights Publishes Findings On Australia, Georgia, Kenya And Uruguay
Saturday, 28 February 2026, 10:33 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The findings, officially known Concluding Observations, are now available online on the session page. More >>
UN CEDAW's Findings On Argentina, Czechia, El Salvador, Iraq, Lesotho, Lithuania, Kingdom Of The Netherlands & Viet Nam
Tuesday, 24 February 2026, 7:41 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The findings, officially named Concluding Observations, are now available on the session page. More >>
Mexico: UN Torture Prevention Experts Recognise Progress, But Urge Strengthening Of Torture Prevention Measures
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 9:07 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Subcommittee noted worrying conditions and coercive practices in such centres, which operate without sufficient regulation and pose serious risks of ill-treatment. More >>
UN Child Rights Committee Publishes Findings On Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan And Spain
Friday, 6 February 2026, 11:27 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee was seriously concerned about rising mental health challenges among children and barriers to accessing adolescent sexual and reproductive health services. More >>
Mexico: UN Torture Prevention Body Returns, Seeking Concrete Progress
Friday, 23 January 2026, 12:54 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
After having to postpone its visit to Mexico in 2025 due to the UN liquidity crisis, the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will now undertake its third visit to the country. More >>
Australia: Offshore And Prolonged Detention Exposed Iranian Asylum Seeker To Torture, UN Committee Finds
Thursday, 15 January 2026, 9:29 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee published its Decision today after reviewing a case involving an asylum seeker who arrived on Christmas Island, an Australian external territory near Indonesia, by boat in 2013 after fleeing Iran in fear of persecution. More >>
UN Child Rights Committee To Review Maldives, Ghana, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Colombia, Spain And Malaysia
Saturday, 10 January 2026, 6:50 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The CRC, which has received the respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organisations, will discuss a range of issues with the seven States delegations through public dialogues More >>
State Of Palestine V Israel: UN Anti-Racism Panel Calls On States To Act
Thursday, 25 December 2025, 8:21 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
All States Parties have obligations under the Convention to ensure that their policies, cooperation and assistance related to the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory do not enable or support discriminatory policies or practices. More >>
UN Committee On Migrant Workers Publishes Findings On Honduras, Indonesia, And Mauritania
Sunday, 21 December 2025, 8:23 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The findings, officially known as Concluding Observations, are now available on the session page. More >>
UK And Mauritius’ Chagos Agreement Raises Concerns Over Chagossian People’s Rights, UN Committee Warns
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 7:33 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The bilateral agreement “explicitly prevents the return of the Chagossian people to their ancestral lands in Diego Garcia Island,” even though it permits Mauritius to implement a resettlement program on the other islands of the Chagos Archipelago. More >>
