STATEMENTS

JOINT DECLARATION: The Right to Freedom of Expression and Access to Information of Children in the Digital Age

JOINT DECLARATION: The Right to Freedom of Expression and Access to Information of Children in the Digital Age

BANJUL / GENEVA / VIENNA / WASHINGTON D.C. (1 June 2026) – The freedom ofexpression mandate holders of the United ...
UN experts welcome UN General Assembly resolution supporting world court’s climate change ruling

UN experts welcome UN General Assembly resolution supporting world court’s climate change ruling

29 May 2026, GENEVA – UN experts* today hailed the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution welcoming the ...
Qatar’s pluralism at risk, warn UN experts

Qatar’s pluralism at risk, warn UN experts

8 May 2026, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed alarm at the potential erasure of the Baha’i religious community ...
Nicaragua: UN experts appalled by allegations of death in custody of forcibly disappeared persons

Nicaragua: UN experts appalled by allegations of death in custody of forcibly disappeared persons

1 May 2026, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed deep concern today over reports indicating that individuals ...
Algeria: Trial against Hirak poet Mohamed Tadjadit must be quashed, say UN experts

Algeria: Trial against Hirak poet Mohamed Tadjadit must be quashed, say UN experts

28 April 2026, GENEVA – UN experts* today urged the Court in Algiers to quash the trial of the poet Mohamed ...
Iraq: UN experts demand investigation into murder of woman human rights defender

Iraq: UN experts demand investigation into murder of woman human rights defender

24 April 2026, GENEVA – UN experts* today condemned the murder of Iraqi human rights defender Yanar Mohamed in ...
India: UN experts warn Jagtar Singh Johal’s prolonged detention amounts to psychological torture

India: UN experts warn Jagtar Singh Johal’s prolonged detention amounts to psychological torture

22 April 2026, GENEVA – There is no rationale for the continued detention of Sikh British national, Jagtar Singh ...
Belarus: UN experts warn of torture, suicide attempts, deaths and reprisals in custody

Belarus: UN experts warn of torture, suicide attempts, deaths and reprisals in custody

20 April 2026, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over allegations of prolonged incommunicado ...
UN experts alarmed by law targeting LGBT, women’s rights advocates and independent voices in Belarus

UN experts alarmed by law targeting LGBT, women’s rights advocates and independent voices in Belarus

15 April 2026, GENEVA – Legislation penalising information perceived as “promoting” consensual same-sex relations, ...
France: Draft antisemitism law could seriously undermine free expression and other human rights, warn UN experts

France: Draft antisemitism law could seriously undermine free expression and other human rights, warn UN experts

14 April 2026, GENEVA – Draft legislation aimed at combatting “new forms of antisemitism” would seriously ...
Strategy of blatant abuse of counter-terrorism and extremism laws to destroy Russian civil society must end: UN experts

Strategy of blatant abuse of counter-terrorism and extremism laws to destroy Russian civil society must end: UN experts

9 April 2026, GENEVA – UN Special Rapporteurs today condemned the continued strategy by Russian authorities to ...
Lebanon: UN experts call for international independent investigation into Israel’s killing of journalists

Lebanon: UN experts call for international independent investigation into Israel’s killing of journalists

2 April 2026, GENEVA – The targeted killing of three Lebanese journalists constitutes another egregious attack on ...