We write in advance of the 77th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“the Committee”) ahead of its consideration of the List of Issues for the review of Turkmenistan to ...

The Council decided to impose sanctions on seven persons and three entities responsible for serious human rights violations, including human trafficking, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and ...

On December 16, 1966, these two legally binding treaties joined the landmark Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( UDHR) to ...

The United States has added three prominent Palestinian rights groups, Al-Haq, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights to its sanctions list. The groups were ...

In December 2020, the Council established a human rights sanctions framework that applies globally, meaning that the EU can target individuals, entities and bodies – including state and non-state ...