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Nepal responsible for torture, rape and killing of teenage girl: UN rights committee
When Talking Merely Made Things Worse
Mexico’s 100,000 ‘disappeared’ is tragedy, says UN rights chief Bachelet
Police lay robbery with violence charges at Aspley
UN experts urge immediate end to death penalty
Political repression and death penalty in Belarus statement
UN rights office probe spotlights harrowing plight of civilians
Visit to Ukraine: Commissioner Mijatović calls for continuous support and justice for victims of war
Greens call for government to implement all recommendations of Casey report into detention of asylum seekers
PACE calls for an ad hoc international criminal tribunal to investigate war crimes in Ukraine
Germany Tries Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Gambia
Herat Women’s Prison Head Missing 6 Months in Afghanistan
Credibility of UN Human Rights Chief’s Visit at Risk in China
Romanian prisons continue to face extensive challenges
Justice needed for residents of Bucha and all other victims of war in Ukraine
Greens demand independent oversight of police and prisons, after officer inappropriately touched sedated First Nations child
Opening of Trial of Former Janjaweed Commander for Atrocities in Darfur
Abd-Al-Rahman trial opens at International Criminal Court
Punitive measures against detainee Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja may amount to slow killing: Bahrain
UN Human Rights Council 49 UK statement for Universal Periodic Review Adoption – Thailand
One year after Palma attacks, thousands continue to flee violence in northern Mozambique
Advance Accountability in Myanmar: UN Human Rights Council
UN Human Rights Council 49 UK statement on human rights situation in Myanmar
Police charge man with multiple sexual assault offences at Maroochydore
UN rights body should renew investigation mandate on Belarus
UN rights body should increase attention to abuses against older people in armed conflict
UN expert calls on States to ensure accountability, transparency and access to sites of secret detention
Press briefing notes on Egypt executions
UN rights chief decries mass execution of 81 people in Saudi Arabia
Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on execution of 81 people in Saudi Arabia
Acting Assistant Secretary Peterson’s Trip to Burundi and Uganda
Unless States start “walking their talk” torture ban will remain “pie in sky” – UN expert
UN Human Rights Council 49 UK statement for interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Torture
Press briefing notes on Ukraine 11 March
UN Rights Chief Should Report on Chinese Government Abuses
Police ill-treatment in Serbia remains serious problem, but some progress observed in prisons
Save 4 journalists sentenced to death by Houthi group: Yemen
Support for NSW Residents Affected by invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces
Criminal conviction of independent journalist Vladislav Yesipenko further undermines media freedom in Crime
Submission by Human Rights Watch on Russia to Human Rights Committee
Reforms needed to safeguard journalists, protect refugees and migrants and strengthen women’s rights
Greens celebrate historic day for Rainbow communities
Violations against persons for having similar names to suspects reveal deplorable negligence: Iraq
Key torture prevention mechanism whittled down for detainees
Brazil must abide by international obligations and strengthen its torture prevention system, say UN experts
UN experts call for urgent repatriation of seriously ill woman from Syria camp: Canada
Appointment of Tasmanian National Preventive Mechanism