"TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT"

Fresh evidence of severe and systematic abuse, including likely war crimes, perpetrated by Russian forces in Ukraine were revealed by Erik Møse, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. UNTV CH

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights presented to Human Rights Council the findings of the latest OHCHR's report on the situation of human rights in Ukraine, covering the period of the 1st August to the 30th of November. OHCHR

Alice Jill Edwards, Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, said that at least 335 companies in 54 countries around the world are manufacturing and promoting the items “that I consider are inherently cruel, inhuman or degrading by design or purpose.” UNIFEED

The Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Chair of the Committee against Torture, and the Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture brief the press following the presentation of their reports to the General Assembly's Third Committee on 12 October.

Mass arbitrary and indefinite detentions of children without legal process in northeast Syria need to cease immediately, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, said on Friday. UNTV CH

Following her visit to the detention facility at the United States Naval Station in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, said, “torture was a betrayal of the rights of the victims of the 911 attacks.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Alice Jill Edwards said, there have been “sizable allegations” of torture in the Ukraine conflict and expressed concern over the “expulsion and / or resignation” of Russia from the Council of Europe, noting that “the window of victims to bring cases before the European Court of Human Rights,” ended in September. UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the USA to the UN, on the situation in Ukraine.

Reports of Russian Federation forces putting Ukrainian civilians in ‘filtration’ camps must be investigated, senior officials tell Security Council.

Joint stakeout by Ferit Hoxha, Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, along with representatives of France, Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom, United States, Japan and Malta on the situation in Georgia.