Geneva – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is seriously concerned by the arbitrary deprivation of the Nicaraguan nationality of over 300 people. The recent legislative reforms in Nicaragua allowing for ...

The European Court of Human Rights refused Tuesday to hear an unlawful detention claim against Italy, finding that the applicant has not exhausted all available and effective domestic remedies. The ...

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded a 10-day visit to Brazil to investigate allegations of "arbitrary deprivation of liberty" in five cities. "Our concern is that Brazil ...

A United Nations working group has concluded that China's repatriation of North Korean defectors last year constitutes an "arbitrary deprivation of liberty" and urged China and North Korea to take ...