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Human Rights Council
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Human Rights Council

United Nations Human Rights Council: the 61th regular session was held from February 23 to March 31 2026

A child holding hands with his grandfather are standing on a car and looking at the horizon. The child waves a Palestinian flag and the grandfather has a keffiyeh on his shoulders
Occupied Palestinian Territories

In a Communication to Italy (AL ITA 9/2025) and ENI S.p.A. (AL OTH 149/2025), the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine and the Working Group on Business and Human Rights denounce their alleged complicity with Israel’s crimes in Palestine

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Iran

Human rights Council: published report on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran between January 2025 and February 2026

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human rights defenders (HRDs)

Human rights defenders under attack: new report by UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Rice fields in Chengdu, Sichuan
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United Nations

Land concentration threatens the right to food: new report by UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food

International Zero Evictions Marathon (ZEM) 2025, University of Padova, 31 October 2025
housing

The International Zero Evictions Marathon: A Common Platform for the Right to Housing

Image made for UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories by Orbita Creatives (October 2025)
© Image made for UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories by Orbita Creatives (October 2025)
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

"Gaza Genocide: a collective crime" - Italy's involvement highlighted by Francesca Albanese's new report and the Italian authorities’ reactions

Giustizia
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justice

UN Special Rapporteurs’ Communication to Italy on Judicial independence and Constitutional reform

torture

United Nations: Special Rapporteur on torture warns about the inhumanity of ongoing conflicts

Image made for UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories by Orbita Creatives (October 2025)
© Image made for UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories by Orbita Creatives (October 2025)
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

"Gaza Genocide: a collective crime": the new report by the Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese exposes Third States’ complicity enabling longstanding systemic violations of international law by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Visit of Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, to the University of Padova, 30-31 October2025
housing

Visit of Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, to the University of Padova, 30-31 October 2025

Destruction in the Gaza Strip October 2023
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Gaza Strip

UN experts warn of catastrophic consequences for persons with disabilities in Gaza city following Israel’s offensive

pollution

Italy and Eni SpA’s Responses to Special Rapporteur Communication AL ITA 5/2025 on Pollution in the Niger Delta by Nigerian Subsidiaries

Special Rapporteur on Situation of Human Rights in Palestinian Territory Occupied Since 1967 Briefs Press
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Occupied Palestinian Territories

UN Special Rapporteurs: Human rights situation in Gaza and OPT, 15 September 2025

Ethiopian migrants arrive on the shore of Obock, Djibouti
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migration

Italy Responds to UN Concerns on Voluntary Humanitarian Return from Libya