torture

Singers wearing hats advocating “No Torture” line up before performing at a Human Rights Day event outside of Mogadishu Central Prison in Somalia on 10 December 2013.
UN Photo/Tobin Jones

UN human rights experts outline steps to strengthen prohibition, prevention of torture

18 October 2016
Following a discussion with the main committee of the United Nations General Assembly responsible for social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues affecting people all over the world, three UN human rights experts briefed reporters in New York, highlighting steps to strengthen protection against torture.
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Méndez.
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Torture, ill-treatment “rife” during suspect interrogations: UN envoy

18 October 2016
General News

Torture, coercion and other forms of ill-treatment remain rife in some parts of the world during interviews of criminal suspects in an investigative context, a UN independent expert has said.

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Singers wearing hats advocating “No Torture” line up before performing at a Human Rights Day event outside of Mogadishu Central Prison in Somalia.
UN Photo/Tobin Jones

On International Day, UN chief urges end to 'dehumanizing' practice for victims of torture

26 June 2016
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has today expressed support for and solidarity with the victims of torture and their families throughout the world, and underscored that torture must never be used under any circumstances, including during conflict or when national security is under threat.
Photo: UNICEF/Karel Prinsloo
UNICEF/Karel Prinsloo

States "failing to help children survive torture"

9 April 2016
General News

States are not doing enough to help the recovery of children and families who've fled conflict and experienced torture and other ill-treatment, a UN event for victims of abuse has heard.

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Photo: UNICEF/Karel Prinsloo
UNICEF/Karel Prinsloo

UN rights chief urges sustained commitment for redress of child victims of torture

8 April 2016
The deliberate infliction of torture on children is an “unbearable reality” in many conflicts and human rights crises around the world, but the international community must continue to demonstrate its commitment to holding the perpetrators of such acts accountable as well as assist the recovery of affected children, the United Nations human rights chief said today.
Special Rapporteur on torture Juan E. Méndez.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

LGBT detainees suffer higher rates of violence, states new UN report

9 March 2016
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) detainees suffer more acts of violence than the general population in custody, according to a new United Nations human rights report that explored the link between gender and torture.
Photo: UNHCR/V. Tan
UNHCR/V. Tan

UN rights experts urge US to close Guantánamo detention centre and end impunity for abuses

11 January 2016
Human rights experts from the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) today called on the United States Government to promptly close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility and end impunity for abuses in the so-called ‘global war on terror’ such as ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ and extraordinary rendition.