PRESS RELEASE Geneva, 3 July 2026 - A side event held on the margins of the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council called for urgent scrutiny of the United States’ use of emergency powers, sanctions, extraterritorial enforcement and non-cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms. The event, entitled “Emergency Powers, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the United States: Article 4 of the ICCPR, Transnational Repression and Extraterritorial Accou

On 2 July 2026, at 11:00, Justice pour Tous Internationale (JPTi) will participate in a side event during the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The event, entitled “Emergency Powers, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the United States: Article 4 ICCPR, Transnational Repression and Extraterritorial Accountability,” will take place in Room XI. The full concept paper and the short concept note prepared for the event are available for

On 5 May 2026, Justice pour Tous Internationale (JPTi) carried out a full day of advocacy in Geneva in connection with the review of Estonia at the 52nd session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group. JPTi’s activities included an NGO side event held from 12:30 to 14:00 in Room IX of the Palais des Nations, followed by the monitoring of Estonia’s formal UPR review before the Working Group from 14:30 to 18:00. The side event, entitled “Information Meeting on Esto

Geneva — On 25 March 2026, during its 61st session, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted, without a vote, resolution A/HRC/61/L.38 as orally revised. The full text of the resolution is accessible here: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/61/L.38 The text, introduced by members of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Jordan, addresses the human rights implications of events of 28 February 2026 involving the Islamic Republic of Iran and several States in the Gulf region. The urge

On 5 November 2025, Justice pour Tous Internationale (JPTi) , in cooperation with the Global Accountability Alliance (GAA) and Green and Better World (GBW) , successfully convened an Information Meeting on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process in the United States of America at the Palais des Nations, Room VIII . The meeting focused on the United States’ persistent non-compliance with Article 4 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and t

🗓️ On 10 November 2023, Justice pour Tous Internationale (JPTi) submitted an urgent communication to the United Nations Special...