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

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