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Inclusive negotiations and tangible outcomes at Climate COP31 needed to protect human rights: UN experts
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (09 November 2026) – UN experts* today said COP31 must draw on all voices and be centred on human…
Right to legal defence under attack in Iran, warn UN experts (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (09 Novembre 2026) – Iranian authorities must immediately end the escalating persecution, intimidation and judicial harassment of independent lawyers…
UN experts: Sri Lanka’s proposed terrorism law must respect human rights (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (09 November 2026) – The Government of Sri Lanka must revise the proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism…
UN experts condemn personal attacks and intimidation against Special Procedures mandate holders
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (6 November 2026) – UN experts* today expressed grave concern about escalating personal insults, derogatory remarks, threats and intimidating…
Egypt: UN experts condemn arrest, disappearance and detention of entire newsroom crew (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA – [5 November 2026 ] UN experts* today expressed concern over the arrest, enforced disappearance and detention by Egyptian…
Tanzania: Concealing inquiry findings undermines right to truth and fuels impunity, say UN experts
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA [29 October 2026]– UN experts* today expressed grave concern that one year after unprecedented post-election violence in Tanzania, victims…
Serbia: UN experts raise alarm over media freedom and shrinking civic space ahead of elections
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA [21 October 2026]– Relentless pressure on journalists and interference with the management of independent media in Serbia raise grave…
META must protect political expression and guarantee effective remedy during Brazil elections: UN experts
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA [21 October 2026]– Reports of restrictions on legitimate political expression on Meta platforms during Brazil’s elections raise concerns for…
India: UN experts alarmed by fresh crackdown on protests and rights violations
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA [20 October 2026]– Alarmed by a repeatedly heavy-handed police response to peaceful youth-led demonstrations in New Delhi and other…
Türkiye: UN experts alarmed by crackdown on LGBTI human rights defenders and civil society organisations
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA [13 October 2026] – UN experts* today denounced a severe crackdown on human rights defenders and LGBTI organisations in…
UN experts call on FAO to uphold human rights and protect staff (Press release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA – UN experts* today expressed dismay at recent remarks by the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of…
“An assault on the administration of justice”: US sanctions against ICC threaten system of international accountability, warn UN experts (Press release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA – The US Government’s imposition of sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution is a brash…