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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Jan 29, 2026
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How many people died in ICE custody during the Trump administration, by official counts and independent investigations?

Official reporting and multiple independent investigations diverge, but all contemporaneous sources agree 2025 was the deadliest recent year: ICE publicly recorded in its custody in calendar/fiscal 20...

Dec 12, 2025
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How has Maddow's Russia-Ukraine reporting compared to other cable news hosts in accuracy and sourcing?

Rachel Maddow’s Russia–Ukraine coverage cannot be directly evaluated against other cable hosts using the supplied sources because the only available documents are Institute for the Study of War (ISW) ...

Dec 5, 2025
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What international laws govern attacks on civilian boats and how are violations investigated?

States must follow two overlapping legal regimes when using lethal force at sea: international humanitarian law (the law of armed conflict) governs conduct during armed conflict and requires distincti...

Jan 17, 2026

What evidence exists of law-enforcement actions provoking violence at protests, and how do human-rights groups recommend preventing escalation?

Mounting documentation from academic studies, civil-society monitors and United Nations experts shows that heavy-handed or militarised policing can itself trigger or amplify violence at demonstrations...

Dec 5, 2025

Which international bodies investigate attacks on civilian ships and what are their procedures?

International bodies that investigate attacks on civilian ships include UN human-rights mechanisms and independent UN experts, who have called for “comprehensive and impartial investigations” into rec...

Nov 29, 2025

How does the UN characterize Hamas actions on October 7 2023

The United Nations system has repeatedly described the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas and allied armed groups as a brutal, terror-led assault that killed well over 1,000 people in Israel and involved...