Statement Speaking at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O'Flaherty, … Read more: Human rights must be at the heart of Ukraine's recovery – Commissaire aux droits de l'hommeContinue Reading
… rights under Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights – the right to a fair hearing – had been violated. Recommended. Read more: Caster Semenya wins ECHR appeal as sex eligibility case set to return to courtContinue Reading
At the #UkraineRecoveryConference in Rome, I stressed that #humanrights must guide #Ukraine's reconstruction, from dignified, voluntary returns to … Read more: Commissioner for Human Rights – XContinue Reading
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); July 9, 2025: Iran state media have reported the public hanging of an unnamed man for the murder of four women in … Read more: 3rd Public Hanging in Iran in 2025 – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading
GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, Mariana Katzarova, today condemned the arrest and … Read more: Russia must release ill lawyer Maria Bontsler, detained in retaliation for human rights workContinue Reading
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday found that Russia committed grave violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) in … Read more: Europe human rights court finds Russia committed grave international law violations in UkraineContinue Reading
Albanese, a human rights lawyer, has repeatedly called Israel's campaign a "genocide" and supported the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant … Read more: US imposes sanctions on UN human rights expert investigating Israeli abuses in GazaContinue Reading
A decade after the Chinese Communist Party's nationwide crackdown on human rights lawyers, activists and legal professionals say their work is … Read more: China: 10 years after 709 crackdown, human rights are waning – DWContinue Reading
The wide-ranging reforms were recognised by the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review in Geneva in January, including the abolition … Read more: Kazakhstan puts human rights at core of governance in bid to set regional exampleContinue Reading
Albanese, a human rights lawyer, has been vocal about what she has described as the “genocide” that Israel is waging against Palestinians in Gaza. Read more: US issues sanctions against UN official investigating abuses in Gaza – The GuardianContinue Reading
Europe's top human rights court finds Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down by Russia in July 2014. Read more: Landmark ruling finds Russia shot down MH17 with 38 Australians on board – The GuardianContinue Reading
The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the UN Human Rights Council special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, an outspoken critic of … Read more: US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese, critic of Israel's Gaza offensive – BBC NewsContinue Reading
The US has placed sanctions on human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese, the UN's special rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Read more: Trump administration sanctions UN human rights rapporteur Francesca AlbaneseContinue Reading
… Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories … Read more: US sanctions UN expert Albanese over Israel criticism – Al JazeeraContinue Reading
The United States has sanctioned the United Nations's special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories over her criticism of … Read more: US sanctions UN human rights official over Israel criticism – The TelegraphContinue Reading