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02 September 2026

Faith, not fear: The women countering violent extremism in West Africa

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03 September 2026

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25 August 2026

Human rights situation in Myanmar plummets to new low amid unrelenting violations and unregulated exploitation of natural resources – UN report

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31 August 2026

Justice beyond the courtroom: How strategic litigation is advancing racial justice

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Israeli forces expelled Palestinian refugees from three West Bank camps, in violation of international law – UN report

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04 September 2026

Israeli forces expelled Palestinian refugees from three West Bank camps, in violation of international law – UN report

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03 September 2026

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Sri Lanka: UN human rights report urges robust accountability and institutional reforms

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19 August 2026

Zambia: Türk expresses concern over arrests of opposition members

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04 September 2026

Honduras must immediately halt mass evictions of peasant, Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities: UN experts

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04 September 2026

UN expert on human rights defenders to visit the Marshall Islands

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04 September 2026

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Pakistan: UN experts denounce student killing amid ongoing enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of Baloch people

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31 August 2026

UN Child Rights Committee to review Lesotho, Timor Leste, Tanzania, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan

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31 August 2026

Harms of trafficking in enslaved Africans persist today and give rise to reparation obligations, UN racial discrimination committee says

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28 August 2026

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Tanzania: Maasai Indigenous Peoples face forced evictions, law enforcement abuses, UN committee warns

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04 September 2026

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South Sudan: UN Commission on Human Rights to undertake 14th visit to the country

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03 September 2026

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Iran - UN Fact-Finding Mission urges withdrawal of bill criminalizing contact with foreign entities

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03 September 2026

Sudan: External support networks are fuelling conflict and civilian harm, UN Fact-Finding Mission warns

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