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06 March 2026

Conflicts and violence

Türk urges immediate steps to de-escalate Middle East crisis, and to give peace a chance

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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

27 February 2026

Resisting in the age of lithium: the right to a healthy environment in Indigenous territories in Chile

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06 March 2026

Lebanon: Israeli blanket displacement orders bring more misery to civilians

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06 March 2026

Women

High Commissioner Türk on International Women’s Day: Together, we must struggle for a more equal world, for the benefit of all

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29 November 2023

Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel and Lebanon

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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

02 March 2026

Human Rights Council

The world is upside down, but our choices, our voices, our votes determine what comes next

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03 March 2026

Middle East crisis plays out worst fears; talks only way out

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06 March 2026

Conflict prevention

Türk says Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict piles ‘misery on misery’, pleads for dialogue

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26 February 2026

Brazil

Justice for Brazilian Human Defender killing

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Independent Experts and Committees

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Media advisories

06 March 2026

UN expert on toxics and human rights to visit Mexico

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06 March 2026

Air pollution driving widespread human rights violations: UN expert

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06 March 2026

Iran

UN experts strongly condemn deadly missile strike on girls’ school in Iran, call for independent investigation

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Media advisories

06 March 2026

Enforced and involuntary disappearances

UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to review Samoa, Iraq, Malawi and Ecuador

Media advisories

06 March 2026

Persons with disabilities

UN disability rights committee to review Lesotho, Pakistan, Samoa, Marshall Islands and Liberia

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05 March 2026

Mexico discriminated against women in decade-long pretrial detention, UN committee finds

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06 March 2026

Syrian Arab Republic

Syria: UN Commission of Inquiry completes Syria mission in midst of regional clashes, encouraging respect for human rights

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27 February 2026

Belarus: UN experts welcome prisoner releases, but warn that forced expulsion and deportation violate human rights

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27 February 2026

South Sudan

UN inquiry finds South Sudan’s political and military leaders are driving the country towards a full-scale war and mass atrocity crimes

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Women are shaping transitional justice in Nepal

International Women's Day: Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls

High Commissioner Türk on International Women’s Day: Together, we must struggle for a more equal world, for the benefit of all

Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel and Lebanon

The world is upside down, but our choices, our voices, our votes determine what comes next

Promoting and protecting human rights for all

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UN expert on toxics and human rights to visit Mexico

Air pollution driving widespread human rights violations: UN expert

UN experts strongly condemn deadly missile strike on girls’ school in Iran, call for independent investigation

Treaty Bodies

UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to review Samoa, Iraq, Malawi and Ecuador

UN disability rights committee to review Lesotho, Pakistan, Samoa, Marshall Islands and Liberia

Mexico discriminated against women in decade-long pretrial detention, UN committee finds

Human Rights Council

Syria: UN Commission of Inquiry completes Syria mission in midst of regional clashes, encouraging respect for human rights

Belarus: UN experts welcome prisoner releases, but warn that forced expulsion and deportation violate human rights

UN inquiry finds South Sudan’s political and military leaders are driving the country towards a full-scale war and mass atrocity crimes

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Human rights databases

How to report a human rights violation

Women are shaping transitional justice in Nepal

International Women's Day: Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls

High Commissioner Türk on International Women’s Day: Together, we must struggle for a more equal world, for the benefit of all

Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel and Lebanon

The world is upside down, but our choices, our voices, our votes determine what comes next

Promoting and protecting human rights for all

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UN Human Rights Office

Independent Experts and Committees

Special Procedures

UN expert on toxics and human rights to visit Mexico

Air pollution driving widespread human rights violations: UN expert

UN experts strongly condemn deadly missile strike on girls’ school in Iran, call for independent investigation

Treaty Bodies

UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to review Samoa, Iraq, Malawi and Ecuador

UN disability rights committee to review Lesotho, Pakistan, Samoa, Marshall Islands and Liberia

Mexico discriminated against women in decade-long pretrial detention, UN committee finds

Human Rights Council

Syria: UN Commission of Inquiry completes Syria mission in midst of regional clashes, encouraging respect for human rights

Belarus: UN experts welcome prisoner releases, but warn that forced expulsion and deportation violate human rights

UN inquiry finds South Sudan’s political and military leaders are driving the country towards a full-scale war and mass atrocity crimes

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