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13 May 2026

Statement by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk in South Korea

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08 May 2026

Disability-inclusive infrastructure foundational to community life for millions with disabilities

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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

04 May 2026

“Stop targeting journalists”: Voices from conflict zones on World Press Freedom Day

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17 May 2026

High Commissioner Türk on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia: Let us stand together and cherish the freedom to live and love freely

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29 November 2023

Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel and Lebanon

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21 April 2026

“All I took was my dream”: A story of displacement in Beirut

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13 May 2026

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Türk urges repeal of special military tribunal law passed by Israeli Knesset

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13 May 2026

Nigeria: Civilian deaths from military airstrikes alarming

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07 May 2026

Türk calls on Tunisia to end repressive measures against civil society and media

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15 May 2026

Mongolia: UN expert to assess human rights of LGBT persons

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15 May 2026

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UN expert on independence of judges and lawyers to visit Poland

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14 May 2026

Peasants and rural workers

Ghana: Rural transformation risks leaving peasants behind, political will needed to move forward, say UN experts

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12 May 2026

France: UN torture prevention body to make first visit to places of detention

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07 May 2026

France risks undermining Kanak Indigenous People’s self-determination in New Caledonia, UN committee warns

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05 May 2026

Australia: Indigenous children face systemic racial discrimination in criminal justice system, UN committee warns

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14 May 2026

Colombia: Independent UN body finds systemic racism against people of African descent

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12 May 2026

Joint Declaration on Sudan - Adopted by the Joint Fact-Finding Mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Human Rights Situation in the Sudan and the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan

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08 May 2026

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Singapore’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

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UN Human Rights project transforms refugee camps into communities

High Commissioner Türk on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia: Let us stand together and cherish the freedom to live and love freely

Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel and Lebanon

“All I took was my dream”: A story of displacement in Beirut

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Mongolia: UN expert to assess human rights of LGBT persons

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Ghana: Rural transformation risks leaving peasants behind, political will needed to move forward, say UN experts

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France: UN torture prevention body to make first visit to places of detention

France risks undermining Kanak Indigenous People’s self-determination in New Caledonia, UN committee warns

Australia: Indigenous children face systemic racial discrimination in criminal justice system, UN committee warns

Human Rights Council

Colombia: Independent UN body finds systemic racism against people of African descent

Joint Declaration on Sudan - Adopted by the Joint Fact-Finding Mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Human Rights Situation in the Sudan and the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan

Singapore’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

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UN Human Rights project transforms refugee camps into communities

High Commissioner Türk on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia: Let us stand together and cherish the freedom to live and love freely

Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel and Lebanon

“All I took was my dream”: A story of displacement in Beirut

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Mongolia: UN expert to assess human rights of LGBT persons

UN expert on independence of judges and lawyers to visit Poland

Ghana: Rural transformation risks leaving peasants behind, political will needed to move forward, say UN experts

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France: UN torture prevention body to make first visit to places of detention

France risks undermining Kanak Indigenous People’s self-determination in New Caledonia, UN committee warns

Australia: Indigenous children face systemic racial discrimination in criminal justice system, UN committee warns

Human Rights Council

Colombia: Independent UN body finds systemic racism against people of African descent

Joint Declaration on Sudan - Adopted by the Joint Fact-Finding Mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Human Rights Situation in the Sudan and the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan

Singapore’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

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