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An independent human rights expert today called on the recently elected UK Government to review the sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) prisoners, stressing the need for the remaining IPP prisoners to be resentenced without delay, and for the indeterminate sentence system to be bro...

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, stated on X that under the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) new ruling, which deems Israel’s presence in Palestinian territory unlawful, UN member states may now need to disclose a list of their n...

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, has urged Israel to investigate multiple allegations of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment against detained Palestinians since 7 October 2023.

A 2016 UN Security Council resolution strongly condemning attacks against medical facilities and personnel in conflict situations has largely been ignored, says Tlaleng Mofokeng, the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, and urgent action is needed to implement it.

Urgent action is needed to intensify individual and collective efforts to combat the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in various media and aspects of the entertainment industry, a UN expert said today.

The testimonies of survivors of Canada’s residential school system were appalling, a UN expert said today, urging the Government to fully implement recommendations of a 2015 truth commission to achieve meaningful reconciliation and accountability in the country.