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November 12, 2025 Dispatches

UN Rights Body Set to Hold Urgent Session on Sudan

Ensure Rigorous Investigations to Pave Way for Accountability

A desk bearing signs of shelling in a school where displaced people were sheltering, in El Fasher, Sudan, October 7, 2025.
November 7, 2025 Dispatches

US Skips UN Periodic Rights Review

Civil Society Groups Flag Backsliding on Rights

Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2025.
November 3, 2025 Letter

Sudan: Joint Appeal for a UN HRC special session on the situation in and around El Fasher, North Darfur

The Human Rights Council should convene a special session on Sudan to address the situation in and around El Fasher, North Darfur, and ensure urgent investigations

October 14, 2025 Dispatches

UN Rights Council Strengthens Crucial Protections

States, Civil Society Groups Demonstrate Power to Make a Difference

Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2025.
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Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Niger

52nd Session

October 9, 2025 UPR

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Singapore

52nd Session

October 9, 2025 News Release

UN: Abusive Governments Set to Win Rights Council Seats

Egypt, Vietnam, Others Benefit from Non-Competitive Vote

The United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024.
October 6, 2025 Dispatches

UN Extends Evidence-Gathering Mandate for Sri Lanka War Crimes

International Accountability Remains Vital While Justice is Denied

The United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024.
October 6, 2025 News Release

UN Rights Council Creates Afghanistan Accountability Body

Mechanism Will Investigate Grave Abuses by All Actors

The United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024.
October 3, 2025 Statement

Cambodia: Political Repression, Media Harassment, and Microfinance-Linked Dispossession

HRW Oral Statement - ID with the SR on Cambodia - HRC60

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022.
October 3, 2025 Statement

Yemen: Escalating Rights Violations Require More Robust Response

HRW Oral Statement - Item 10 General Debate - HRC60

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022.
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Confront Legacies to Dismantle Systemic Racism, Bring Healing

The Reparations Task Force meets to hear public input on reparations at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, US, September 22, 2022.
October 2, 2025 Statement

Haiti: Strong International Engagement Necessary to Ensure Rights-Based Security and Protection

HRW Oral Statement - ID with HC Oral Update on Haiti - HRC60

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022.
October 1, 2025 Statement

States Should Implement Recommendations in UN Report on Reparations

HRW Oral Statement - EID to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement - HRC60

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022.
September 30, 2025 Statement

Commission of Inquiry Report Highlights Growing Consensus on Israel’s Genocidal Gaza Campaign

HRW Oral Statement - Item 7 General Debate - HRC60

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022.

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