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On 4 September 2019, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (CoI) presented its latest set of conclusions on the situa...

A historic verdict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) highlighted a widespread practice: the use of torture in pr...

For the first time in history, the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has condemned the Bosnian authorities...

Impunity did not stop with the end of the civil war in Nepal. In a landmark decision issued on 22 August 2019, the Unite...

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, S...

Can videos taken with a smartphone help prosecute and punish mass crimes? This is the goal of the eyeWitness project; se...

In 2014, Sara (real name withheld) was severely tortured in Burundi. Five years later, with no accountability in sight...

Detractors of Pierre Nkurunziza's regime have long-since been the targets of attacks and intimidations. David (real nam...

On 5 May we mark the 7th anniversary of the massacres of Lumenje and Kamananga, in South Kivu (DRC), where 48 people wer...

An oral statement to the Human Rights Council (HRC) on 12 March 2019 denounces the closure of the Office of the...

Having suffered terrible acts of torture in 2015, Gabriel remains hopeful that one day his rights will be recognized....

Arbitrary arrest, incommunicado detention, torture – Benjamin went through hell in 2015. Unfortunately, years later, he...