Special-Rapporteur

The experts urged governments to ensure that adequately staffed and equipped child protection services and law enforcement are available and accessible to...

“During our visit, we were able to identify the (devastating) humanitarian impact of sanctions,” said Alena Douhan, a UN special rapporteur focusing on the...

As coronavirus cases explode in Iran, U.S. sanctions hinder its access to drugs and medical equipment.

Donald Trump is deliberately forcing millions of Americans into financial ruin, cruelly depriving them of food and other basic protections while lavishing...

“The United States government should impose sanctions against the Crown Prince, as it has done for the other perpetrators – targeting his personal assets but...

"When I talk to some of the non-governmental organizations involved in delivery of humanitarian aid, they are already complaining that the impact of...

Palestinian property rights, Palestinian housing rights and Palestinian community rights are insecure, they’re under threat and they amount, as the UN has...

Humanitarian crisis in Gaza has entered its 11th year as the crippling siege by Israel is making the living conditions of Palestinians more complicated with...

"I can say the recent materials clearly show that even the nationals and companies of countries which impose unilateral sanctions also become affected...

“This low level of legal accountability for the killings of so many children by Israeli security forces is unworthy of a country which proclaims that it...

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and other horrific acts of terrorism purportedly carried out in the name of Islam, institutional suspicion of Muslims...

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza, particularly over the last year, represents one of the most severe violations of international human rights law since World...

"Sanctioned countries are especially hard-hit as they cannot use their revenues to purchase imports of equipment, medicines, antiviral and food from global...

The international community must take decisive action in response to Israel’s recent intensification of settlement activities in the occupied West Bank,...

UN special rapporteurs say they repeatedly raise concerns on use of excessive, lethal force in US police interventions.

"I am deeply concerned that it is the poor who are bearing the brunt of these actions," Idriss Jazairy said.

Israel’s use of military force against Palestinian civilians is a prominent feature of its occupation regime.

Through Guantanamo, the US government disregards international law and has abused the rights of individuals who are still in detention there.

On 20 June 2023 a number of UN special rapporteurs released a statement calling on the United Kingdom to take immediate action to suspend the application of...

In addition to violation of international law, UCMs were also designed to deprive people from all human rights including the right to life and the right to...