On 16 October 2026, UN Independent Expert Cecilia M. Bailliet presented a report to the General Assembly on women and international solidarity, finding that women solidarity actors face harassment, surveillance, criminalisation and violence and urging States to protect and fund their work.

On 16 October 2026, UN Special Rapporteur Gina Romero presented a report to the General Assembly on youth activism, warning that young people who organise and protest peacefully are increasingly stigmatised, criminalised and excluded from decision-making.

On 16 October 2026, UN Special Rapporteur Bernard Duhaime presented a report to the General Assembly on emerging technologies in transitional justice, calling for rights-based regulation of technology companies and heightened diligence in fragile settings.

On 16 October 2026, the UN Working Group on the rights of peasants warned that conflict, corporate land deals, carbon and conservation schemes and gaps in tenure law are concentrating control of land and water at historically unprecedented levels.

On 16 October 2026, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food told the General Assembly that famine is returning and that hunger is increasingly used as a weapon of war, and called for accountability.

On 15 October 2026, the chairs of the UN Committee against Torture and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture told the General Assembly that funding shortfalls have cut country visits, sessions and reviews.

On 15 October 2026, a report of the UN Secretary-General on neurotechnology in the administration of justice was presented to the General Assembly, recommending a ban on compulsory or coercive uses and the highest legal protection for neural data.

On 13 October 2026, UN human rights experts denounced a severe crackdown on LGBTI human rights defenders and organisations in Türkiye involving criminal, administrative and financial measures.

On 9 October 2026, UN human rights experts warned that United States sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court as an institution threaten international accountability for the gravest crimes.

On 9 October 2026, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Koldo Casla, ended an official visit to Ghana with calls to end forced evictions without consultation, strengthen rent control and target housing policy at low income workers.

On 12 October 2026, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemned repeated Houthi attacks on airports in Saudi Arabia and urged all parties to the conflict to spare civilians and de-escalate.

On 12 October 2026, the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights published preliminary findings from her official visit to Zimbabwe, calling for fewer restrictions on artistic freedom and wider public participation.

On 1 October 2026, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and nine UN experts called on Tennessee not to pursue further attempts to execute Christa Pike.

On 10 October 2026, the UN human rights office voiced concern over reported mass detentions during protests in Delhi. India's mission in Geneva rejected the statement.

On 7 October 2026, UN human rights experts said truth, remedy and accountability in Greenland's contraception case must remain centred on the rights of Inuit women.

On 9 October 2026, a large group of UN human rights experts urged Iran to stop all executions, commute death sentences and review every case against fair trial standards.

The UN Human Rights Council concluded its 63rd regular session in Geneva on 7 October 2026 after adopting 34 resolutions, two decisions and one president's statement. A GHRTF summary of what was decided.

Global Human Rights Taskforce | 2026 Special Investigation Freedom of religion or belief is a fundamental human right. No person should be imprisoned, deprived of basic civil rights, separated from their family, or subjected to mistreatment simply because they follow their conscience or peacefully practice their faith. The Global Human Rights Taskforce (GHRTF) is releasing its latest 2026 Special Investigation Report, examining the documented persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesse

A Global Human Rights Taskforce report measures Gaza against the Genocide Convention, the ICJ orders, and the ICC warrants, and tells civilians to stay out.

A Moscow court jailed two Jehovah's Witnesses for five years after they comforted a woman who said she was in mourning. She was an FSB informant. New GHRT report: 161 to 174 believers now in Russian prisons.