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An activist holds anti-death penalty signs outside the US Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
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Human Rights Council

United Nations: latest report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execution deems the death penalty to be a form of torture and calls for the worldwide abolition of this practice

New thematic factsheet on Protection of Property
Human Rights Council

Human Rights Council: presented reports on the eradication of poverty and economic justice

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LGBTQI+

The UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity presents report to the Human Rights Council

Human Rights Council
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Human Rights Council

United Nations Human Rights Council: the 61th regular session was held from February 23 to March 31 2026

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environment

Visit to Italy by Michel Forst, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of environmental defenders

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Iran

Human rights Council: published report on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran between January 2025 and February 2026

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human rights defenders (HRDs)

Human rights defenders under attack: new report by UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Rice fields in Chengdu, Sichuan
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United Nations

Land concentration threatens the right to food: new report by UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food

torture

United Nations: Special Rapporteur on torture warns about the inhumanity of ongoing conflicts

Image made for UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories by Orbita Creatives (October 2025)
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

"Gaza Genocide: a collective crime": the new report by the Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese exposes Third States’ complicity enabling longstanding systemic violations of international law by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Destruction in the Gaza Strip October 2023
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Gaza Strip

UN experts warn of catastrophic consequences for persons with disabilities in Gaza city following Israel’s offensive

Special Rapporteur on Situation of Human Rights in Palestinian Territory Occupied Since 1967 Briefs Press
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Occupied Palestinian Territories

UN Special Rapporteurs: Human rights situation in Gaza and OPT, 15 September 2025

Ethiopian migrants arrive on the shore of Obock, Djibouti
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migration

Italy Responds to UN Concerns on Voluntary Humanitarian Return from Libya

Residents of the Roghani Refugee Camp in Chaman, a Pakistani border town. Children and young people make up a large percentage of the population at Roghani Refugee Camp.
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United Nations

United Nations: UN Special Rapporteur denounces severe human rights crisis in Afghanistan, with particular focus on the situation of women and girls

special rapporteur

U.S. Sanctions UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese Over ICC Engagement