UN Human Rights Experts Urge Turkey Not to Extend Emergency
United Nations human rights experts* urged the Turkish Government not to extend the exceptional legal measures it has taken under…
UN Human Rights Experts to Review Children’s Rights
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is meeting in Geneva from 15 January to 2 February to…
UN Human Rights Chief Urges Iran to Investigate Protest Deaths
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday urged the Iranian authorities “to handle the…
Myanmar Refuses Access to UN Human Rights Expert
The Government of Myanmar has informed UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee that all access to the country has been denied…
Myanmar Violence: UN Human Rights Chief Calls for Criminal Investigation
The UN human rights chief on Tuesday condemned “widespread, systematic and shockingly brutal” attacks against the Rohingya of Myanmar, as…
UN Human Rights Office Opposes Death Penalty
On the World Day Against the Death Penalty (October 10), the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights…