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Gilles Laurent is awarded the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine in 2025
Regional organisations worldwide must protect, not threaten, human rights while countering terrorism, says UN expert
Experts of the Human Rights Committee Express Condolences for Terrorist Attack in Ankara, Raise Questions on Türkiye’s Anti-Terrorism Legislation and Measures Imposed…
UN privacy expert: Guidelines update crucial to regulate computerised personal data files
Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Greece on Measures Taken for Unaccompanied Minors, Raise Questions on Domestic Violence and Allegations of Border Pushbacks
What’s at stake in elections in Georgia and Moldova this week: a stark choice between Russia and the West
With AI translation tools so powerful, what is the point of learning a language?
Government extends fight against cybercrime
Committee on Enforced Disappearances Meets with States Parties, and with Non-Governmental Organizations, ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Human Rights Institutions and Intergovernmental Organizations
Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Commend Norway on Steps Taken to Prevent Illegal Adoptions, Ask About Missing Asylum-Seeking Minors and…
Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Commend Ukraine’s Law on Missing Persons in Special Circumstances, Ask Questions on Secret Detentions and…
Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Seventh Session
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Welcome Belarus’ Strategies to Promote Interethnic Peace, Ask About the Stripping of…
A world-first law in Europe is targeting artificial intelligence. Other countries can learn from it
Independent expert welcomes European Court decision validating conventionality of French law of 13 April 2016 criminalising purchase of sexual acts
Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Malta on Political Quotas for Women, Raise Questions on Measures to Combat Corruption and Obligations…
In Dialogue with Croatia, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Measures to Investigate War-Era Enforced Disappearances, Raise Issues Concerning Historic Hate…
Addressing the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Respect and Protect the Bodies of Victims of Unlawful Deaths for…
President of Human Rights Council appoints members of new Group of Experts on Human Rights in Belarus
Human Rights Situation in Eritrea Remains Dire and the Authorities Choose to Maintain Practices which Perpetuate the Crisis, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers Opens Thirty-Eighth Session
Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise Finland’s Commitment to Implementing Treaty Body Recommendations, Ask about Prison Overcrowding and Forthcoming Asylum Law Amendments
Experts of the Committee Against Torture Commend North Macedonia for Protection of Victims of Domestic Violence, Raise Questions on Treatment of Patients…
Climate change and human rights: how a landmark legal victory in Europe could affect NZ
In Dialogue with Austria, Experts of the Committee against Torture Welcome the Establishment of the Police Complaints Office, Ask about High Solitary…
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend San Marino’s Progress in Establishing a ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Human Rights Institute, Ask…
In Dialogue with the United Kingdom, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Welcome Renewed “A” Status for the ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Human Rights Institutes…
Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Commend Sweden on its Commitment to the Committee’s Work, Raise Questions…
Committee on the Rights of the Child Holds Fifteenth Informal Meeting with States
Dirk Görlich receives Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine 2024
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Congratulate Italy on Reception Centres for Unaccompanied Minors, Ask about Racism in…
Experts of the Committee Against Torture Commend Romania’s Interaction with Human Rights Mechanisms, Ask About Prison Over-Crowding and Reports of Physical Abuse…
International Community Must Urgently Confront New Reality of Generative, Artificial Intelligence, Speakers Stress as Security Council Debates Risks, Rewards
Human Rights Council President appoints Carlos Castresana Fernández to serve as member of South Sudan Commission
Start to Talk: new Child Safe Sport awareness campaign
Climate protection as a human right
Türk praises Council of Europe discussion of potential legal frameworks on environment and artificial intelligence
Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise France for Outreach Patrols Supporting Families in Street Situations, Ask about…
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Twenty-Eighth Session
Human Rights Council Continues High-Level Segment, Hearing from the Prime Minister of Vanuatu and Dignitaries from 21 States
Statement on Ukraine by Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director 
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Tunisia on Achieving Gender Parity, Ask about Domestic Violence and…
Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Hungary, Georgia, Norway and Tunisia
Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Mauritius on New Legislation for Children, Ask about Teenage Pregnancies and…
High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk Addresses Opening of the Ninety-Second Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
Experts of Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Georgia on Increased Prosecution of Discrimination Crimes
UN poverty expert: Increase benefits and wages in line with inflation or lives will be lost
Committee on Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Twenty-Seventh Session