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The UN confirmed Thursday the findings of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (the Commission) regarding the deportation and transfer of 1,205 children from Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine. The Commission was established in 2022 by UN Human Rights Council resolution 49/1 to urgently investigate a range of allegations in Russia. The mandate of [...]

The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries warned Friday of the increasing use of mercenaries and private military and security companies (PMSCs) as “proxy actors” in both conflict and peacetime settings. These private actors reportedly facilitate violence and human rights violations worldwide. In its latest report to the UN General Assembly, the working [...]

The head of the Independent Institution for Missing Persons in Syria (IIMP), Karla Quintana, stated during a press conference on Wednesday that finding the thousands of Syrians who disappeared under the Assad regime requires a collective international effort. Quintana warned that time is running out, and locating the missing urgently requires the support of the [...]

Venezuelan authorities have continued to commit, and failed to investigate, grave human rights violations stemming from political persecution following the 2024 presidential elections, according to a United Nations fact-finding mission report released on Monday. The report found that violations continued in 2025 and have heavily repressed Venezuelan civil society across the political spectrum. With a [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on torture Alice Jill Edwards, along with other human rights experts, delivered a dossier Thursday to the Russian Federation on sexual torture allegations, detailing the cases of 10 Ukrainian civilians abused in occupied regions of Ukraine, including Kherson, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia. Edwards commented: “These separate allegations, capturing the experiences of four women [...]

UN human rights experts issued a forceful appeal to the international community on Thursday to reject the Taliban rule in Afghanistan, denouncing it as violent, illegitimate and fundamentally oppressive. Experts described widespread human rights violations, including public executions, corporal punishment, arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture, and targeted discrimination against ethnic, religious, and LGBTQ+ minorities. They [...]

Amnesty International urged the new government of Syria to address the country’s history of human rights abuses through “justice, truth, and reparation,” in a statement released on Friday. The rights group also called for the implementation of reforms to prevent future human rights violations and ensure compliance with international law. Amnesty International’s call to action [...]

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine concluded on Wednesday that widespread enforced disappearances and torture committed by Russia during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity. The announcement marks a significant development, as crimes against humanity constitute one of the most serious classifications of international crimes. Central to the commission’s [...]

Amnesty International issued a statement Monday, demanding justice for victims in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard emphasized: Any negotiations over the future of the people of Ukraine must prioritise justice for all crimes under international law committed since Russia’s military intervention in 2014, accountability for those responsible, and reparations [...]

Bangladesh informed media on Monday that it had that requested India extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been living in exile since fleeing the country in August, following widespread protests that led to her removal from office as Prime Minister. The request was formally communicated to the Indian government through a diplomatic note, [...]