New York lawmakers will review sexual-assault laws, including voluntary intoxication rule at the heart of Cornell case.

GENEVE – La Rapporteuse spéciale sur la violence contre les femmes et les filles, Reem Alsalem, a exprimé sa vive préoccupation concernant la condamnation pénale de la journaliste, autrice et commenta...

GENEVA – Women searching for disappeared persons continue to face deadly violence in Mexico and are often themselves subjected to enforced disappearance, UN experts* warned today, calling on the State...

The judges said they want to review whether her allegations of sexual abuse and rape as a child were fully considered before she was sentenced to death.

#UnitedStates: UN experts urge Tennessee’s Governor Bill Lee to halt Christa Pike’s execution and commute her death sentence. #StopExecutions

UN Special Rapporteurs Reem Alsalem and Ai Kihara-Hunt said Monday in a joint statement that they have received reports of children in France who allege sexual abuse by a father still being ordered in...

GENEVA – US migration externalization arrangements are already putting migrants at heightened risk of human rights violations, including torture and persecution, Human Rights Experts** warned today, a...

GENEVE – Des experts indépendants* des Nations Unies ont exprimé aujourd’hui leur préoccupation face aux informations faisant état de difficultés persistantes dans la protection des enfants victimes p...

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The formal abolition of chattel enslavement did not usher in a world free of its legacies. On the contrary, contemporary forms of slavery remain a stain on our world. Today, we mark a historic milesto...

The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, on Monday voiced concern over the conditions in which female inmates were experiencing at the Central California Women's Fa...

GENEVA – Pakistan must take urgent measures to identify Afghans at risk of persecution, torture and other serious human rights violations before deciding to remove any Afghan, UN experts warned today....

GENEVA (14 September 2026) – Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Human Rights Council, the Coordination Committee of UN Special Procedures* today reaffirmed the commitment of all mandate holders...

GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem today expressed grave concern over the treatment and safety of female prisoners at the Central California Women’s F...

24 different Israeli intelligence officers testify in this unflinching exposé of systematic war crimes in Gaza. Their words are impossible to shake.

GENEVA – UN experts* today urged the Government of the United States of America and Tennessee state authorities to immediately halt Christa Pike’s execution, scheduled for 30 September 2026, and commu...

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A leak of sensitive information from “manosphere” influencer Andrew Tate also revealed how he taught followers to manipulate women and bribe officials.

GENEVA – The United States must immediately withdraw sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) personnel, UN experts said today, after new designations targeting the President of the Court ...

The settlement follows JPMorgan Chase’s $290 million payout and Deutsche Bank’s $75 million deal with Epstein victims years prior.

GENEVA – Nine years after brutal military attacks in Myanmar that triggered the mass displacement of the Rohingya, they continue to face grave human rights violations and a dire humanitarian situation...

While I endorse most of the message put forward by my fellow mandate holders, I did not join the statement because it describes the situation of women and girls as “gender apartheid” and calls for the...

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Andy Burnham inherited the crisis in our prison system – but the solution cannot be to further endanger the women and children who have survived violence, says writer and campaigner for women’s rights Joan Smith

GENEVA – United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, today welcomed ongoing proceedings in the United States to extradite Andrew T...

La ONU pone nombre a una violencia normalizada durante décadas: la que sufren las mujeres precisamente por ser madres

Puede que Reem Alsalem, Relatora Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas, sea una de las personas más odiadas y vilipendiadas por el sionismo. En parte, esto ...

GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over reports of serious violations of international law arising from illegal military operations carried out by the United States and Israel in the I...