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16 October 2026

“We Are Still Here”: Families of the disappeared shape a new Global Alliance initiative

A bank account frozen, an identity card refused, a form with no honest answer. Twenty years after the adoption of the Convention against enforced disappearance, three women from Mexico, Thailand and Pakistan describe the lives that must go on while their loved one was disappeared — and the UN initiative built to change how institutions treat them.
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Two people clasp hands tightly in a gesture of solidarity, seen close-up in the foreground. Behind them, a group of people sit together in soft, warm light, slightly out of focus.

26 June 2026

Healing after harm: How gender shapes experiences of torture and recovery

A man with a serious expression and dressed in a grey turtleneck sweater.

24 June 2026

Botswana: A teacher’s legal victory for equality, dignity and love

A child in an orange spacesuit salutes against a deep blue starry sky. The helmet's visor reflects the Earth. Overlapping circles form a geometric pattern across the background. The illustration is by British artist Jamie Hewlett, created for TERRESTRIALS UNITED, a collaboration between Hewlett and UN Human Rights launching on 18 June 2026, the International Day for Countering Hate Speech.

18 June 2026

TERRESTRIALS UNITED: Jamie Hewlett's wearable art takes a stand against hate speech

Panellists at the 13th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development

17 June 2026

Built from struggle: How anti-racism and the right to development belong together

Two Maasai people dressed in traditional red garments stand on a vast grassy savanna landscape, one pointing toward the horizon. One carries a baby on their hip. Green rolling hills and a bright blue sky with scattered clouds stretch out in the background.

15 June 2026

Tanzania’s Indigenous defenders call for human rights in land conservation

The UN Human Rights team, and European Union representatives, engaged with an Indigenous community in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, in September 2025.

12 June 2026

UN Human Rights in Action in 2025

Repeating pattern of red, blue, green, and yellow Global Alliance for Human Rights Logo.

11 June 2026

Global Alliance for Human Rights: A call to imagine, dialogue, act

Awa Dabo, newly appointed UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

03 June 2026

“The world still believes in human rights”: Awa Dabo on her new role as UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Gelson Fernandes, wearing a grey suit and blue tie, stands beside a marble wall inside the Palais des Nations in Geneva, looking to his right.

01 June 2026

A promise made in Durban and the gaps that remain 25 years later

Berta Oliva points to one of the photographs of disappeared persons on display at the Home Against Oblivion in Santana, Honduras.

29 May 2026

Enforced Disappearances in Honduras: “We are not willing to give up on truth and justice”

A civilian inspects the destruction of a residential building at the Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip, Palestine on May 20, 2026.

22 May 2026

Gaza and West Bank crisis deepens amid calls for accountability

A smiling boy wearing a headset and a green sweater sits among a group, holding a booklet among a group of children and adults also wearing headsets and lanyards, suggesting a conference or training session.

18 May 2026

“Nothing for us without us”: Children set standards for their meaningful participation in global events

People gather in a room with artwork and canvases.

18 May 2026

Putting a human (rights) face to LGBTIQ+ forcibly displaced persons in South Africa

A group of women walking together.

15 May 2026

UN Human Rights project transforms refugee camps into communities

View of a yellow orientation tactile floor for blind and visually impaired people at Lapa Station in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. © Getty Images

08 May 2026

Disability-inclusive infrastructure foundational to community life for millions with disabilities

A man hugs a woman in an inspection in Mexico

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