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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 >>
CERD Publishes Findings On Burundi, Guatemala, Maldives, New Zealand, Sweden And Tunisia
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 6:21 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) issued its findings on Burundi, Guatemala, Maldives, New Zealand, Sweden and Tunisia after reviewing the six States Parties in its latest session. The findings contain the Committee’s ... More >>
UN Committee Against Torture Publishes Findings On Albania, Argentina, Bahrain And Israel
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 7:48 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on each country’s implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. More >>
UN Torture Prevention Body Announces 2026 Visit Plan As Liquidity Challenges Persist
Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 7:29 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The 2026 visit programme was decided during the SPT’s latest session in November in Geneva, where members also reviewed their concluding visits of the year to Mozambique and New Zealand. More >>
France Responsible For Grave And Systematic Violations Of Rights Of Unaccompanied Migrant Children, UN Committee Finds
Saturday, 18 October 2025, 4:53 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
“These children are at high risk of being exposed to trafficking, abuse, maltreatment and police violence,” the Committee added. More >>
UN Torture Prevention Body To Visit New Zealand
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 7:19 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The SPT is mandated to visit all States Parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT), which New Zealand ratified in 2007. At the end of the visit, the SPT will present its confidential preliminary observations to the Government ... More >>
UN Disability Rights Committee Publishes Findings On DPRK, Finland, Kiribati, Maldives, And State Of Palestine
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 5:08 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as positive aspects. More >>
