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Communications report to session 63 of the Human Rights Council, communications sent from 01 Mar 2026 to 31 May 2026 and their replies received until 31 Jul 2026. Some names of individuals or other information have been rendered anonymous or otherwise unidentifiable.
Date, Country,
Type and
ref. no. of
communication
Mandates Summary Replies received
    28 May 2026
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • executions
Information received concerning Bita Hemmati, Mohammadreza Majidi-Asl, Yousef Ahmadi, Raouf Sheikh-Maroufi, Mohammad Faraji, Mohsen Eslamkhah, and Ruhollah Korki who are at imminent risk of execution following judicial proceedings that raise serious concerns regarding alleged torture, arbitrary detention, and violations of fair-trial guarantees.
Alleged victims: 6
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10 Aug 2026
    27 May 2026
    Algeria
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • arbitrary Detention
  • human rights defenders
Informations reçues concernant la détention arbitraire présumée du journaliste et défenseur des droits de l’homme M. Hassan Bouras, actuellement détenu à la prison d’El Haoud à El Bayadh, ainsi que les inquiétudes relatives à son état de santé suite au début d’une grève de la faim illimitée.
Alleged victims: 1
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17 Jul 2026
    27 May 2026
    Ecuador
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • disappearances
  • education
  • housing
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • internally displaced persons
  • migrants
  • peasants
Información recibida en relación con las presuntas violaciones cometidas durante la operación militar denominada “Exterminio Total”, en particular en la comunidad de San Martín, en marzo de 2026, que incluirían el uso excesivo de la fuerza, detenciones arbitrarias, actos de tortura e intimidación contra miembros de la comunidad, las desapariciones forzadas, la destrucción de bienes, riesgos de desplazamiento forzado, así como la ausencia de investigaciones prontas, exhaustivas, imparciales e independientes por parte de las autoridades.
Alleged victims: 6
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15 Jul 2026
    27 May 2026
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • health
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • religion or belief
  • torture
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the alleged widespread arbitrary arrests and detention often followed by the enforced disapperance, torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of individuals in the context of the nationwide protests, as well as the imposition of the death penalty in cases predating the protests, where defendants were reportedly tried without due respect for fair trial guarantees and on the basis of torture-tainted confessions.
Alleged victims: 42
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    27 May 2026
    United States of America
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • disappearances
  • education
  • executions
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • internally displaced persons
  • migrants
information received concerning military support provided by the United States Southern Command in Ecuador in the context of efforts to combat “narcoterrorism”, in circumstances where the precise nature, scope, and legal basis of the U.S. military activities involved have not been publicly clarified.
Alleged victims: -
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    21 May 2026
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    JAL
  • Transitional justice
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • torture
Information received concerning alleged systemic and ongoing discrimination against civilian victims of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly in relation to legal recognition and access to reparation.
Alleged victims: 1
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    21 May 2026
    Rapid Support Forces
    JUA
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • food
  • health
  • torture
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning serious allegations of death in custody and detention conditions amounting to torture and ill-treatment in Shala Prison, in El Fasher, North Darfur, where approximately 9,000 persons, including women, are being arbitrarily detained by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), with many detainees allegedly facing life-threatening conditions due to lack of food, water, medical care and inhumane detention conditions.
Alleged victims: 9000
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    18 May 2026
    Israel
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Information received concerning expropriation measures targeting the archaeological site of Sebastia and surrounding lands in the northern West Bank, and the intensification of activities undertaken at and around the site since 2023, which aim at and result in cutting the longstanding cultural, social and economic ties between the local Palestinian community and the site, and developing settler-led tourism privileging a single historical narrative.
Alleged victims: -
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    18 May 2026
    United States of America
    JAL
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning allegations that the U.S. Executive Branch has sought to punish immigration lawyers whose views or actions, or the views of their clients may not align with the Government’s deportation and immigration priorities. These executive measures may amount to interference with the independence and work of the legal profession, which undermines the fairness of, and public trust in, the justice system.
Alleged victims: 10
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    15 May 2026
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JAL
  • women and girls
  • international solidarity
Information received on allegations of gender discrimination in the context of pension legislation, particularly impacting women born in the 1950s. These women are discriminatorily impacted by the Pensions Act 1995 (the 1995 Act), which changed the age of pensionable retirement for women from 60 to 65, bringing it into alignment with the pension qualification age of 65 years for men. This affects approximately 3.9 million women who were born in the 1950s.
Alleged victims: 4000001
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14 Aug 2026 (Ack.)