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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…
Türkiye: UN experts alarmed by crackdown on LGBTI human rights defenders and civil society organisations (Press release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (13 October 2026)– UN experts* today denounced a severe crackdown on human rights defenders and LGBTI organisations in Türkiye,…
Iran: UN experts urge immediate halt to executions as country drives global surge
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (09 October 2026) – UN experts* today called on Iranian authorities to immediately halt all executions, warning that Iran…
México: Las buscadoras de personas desaparecidas continúan enfrentando violencia extrema mientras se reconoce su labor internacionalmente, advierten las personas expertas de la ONU (Comunicado de prensa)
Official Letters and StatementsGINEBRA (30 de septiembre de 2026) – Las buscadoras de personas desaparecidas continúan enfrentando violencia letal en México y con…
Pakistan: UN experts call for immediate release of lawyers Mazari-Hazir and Chattha (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (30 September 2026)– Pakistan must immediately release human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha and drop unfounded…
US migration externalization scheme mires over 35 other states, triggering cascade of human rights violations including torture: Human Rights Experts (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (28 september 2026) – US migration externalization arrangements are already putting migrants at heightened risk of human rights violations,…
A century after the Slavery Convention, millions still await freedom (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA – (25 september 2026) The official ending of the system of chattel enslavement by the 19th century did not…
Human rights defenders in the Marshall Islands engaged in collective pursuit of justice and human rights across generations (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA – The Marshall Islands has long demonstrated a commitment not only to human rights, but also to the people…
Serbia: Use of spyware against opposition and dissenting voices affects elections quality, warn UN experts (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over the recurrent use of spyware and other digitally enabled surveillance in Serbia…
Bolivia: Expertos de la ONU exigen justicia por el asesinato del magistrado agroambiental Víctor Claure Hinojoza (Comunicado de prensa)
Official Letters and StatementsGINEBRA, (8 de septiembre de 2026) – El Gobierno de Bolivia debe garantizar que los asesinos del magistrado Víctor Claure…
UN expert on human rights defenders to visit the Marshall Islands (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Andrea Bolaños Vargas, will conduct a country visit…