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The new US administration must recommit to human rights at home and abroad: UN experts

27 February 2025, GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today expressed concerns about the new US administration’s recent actions that undermine human rights and fundamental freedoms at both domestic and international levels and harm the UN Charter-based international...

US proposal to ‘take over’ Gaza would shatter fundamental rules of international order, warn UN experts

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11 December 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today condemned shocking threats by US President Donald Trump to “take over” and “own” Gaza and move the Palestinian population elsewhere, using military force if necessary. “Such blatant violations by a major power would break...

Israel/Gaza: UN experts condemn destruction of judicial infrastructure, call for protection of justice operators

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GENEVA (16 April 2024) – UN experts* today called for the protection of justice operators in Israel and condemned the destruction of judicial infrastructure in Gaza. The experts deplored reports that on 9 October 2023 the Israeli army bombed the building which housed...