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On 13 November 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (SRT) regarding the case of Radhi Ali Radhi Abdulrasool, employed at the Zein Telecommunication company, arrested by members of the Bahraini police in November 2012.

On 10 November 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT) to inform him of the recent deterioration of Abderrahim Abourkha's health following the torture and ill-treatment he was subjected to during his detention.

On 10 November 2015, activists Walid Ali Omar Al Kathiri and Abdullah Karash were released by the Houthi-Saleh coalition from the Political Security Prison. Walid Ali Omar Al Kathiri and Abdullah Karash were detained incommunicado since their arrest together with 27 other activists on 12 October 2015 for organising a peaceful march to the besieged city of Taiz.

On 13 November 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (SRT) regarding the case of school bus driver Mohamed Hassan Ali Ibrahim Ali. The victim was arrested in September 2013 and taken to the Criminal Investigation Centre of Manama, where he was severely tortured and forced to make confessions. These confessions were later used to justify the charges brought against him.

On 13 November 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the case of Abdulrab Ahmed Abulrab Al Humaiqani, arrested in August 2015 by a group of men belonging to the Houthi-Saleh Coalition. Aged 36, Al Humaiqani works for the governorate of Sana'a and is a human rights and political activist as well as a researcher in international law.

On 16 November 2015, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians sent a communication to the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the case of 47-year-old Mohamad Hallak, who disappeared after his arrest by members of the Syrian Military Security Branch at a checkpoint close to

On 12 November 2015, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the case of 34-year-old medication distributor Mansour Mansour, who disappeared after arrest by members of the Syrian Arm

On 6 November 2015, the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) adopted a draft report containing the recommendations made by United Nations Member States to Lebanon during the State's review, which took place on 2 November 2015.

On 3 November 2015, Alkarama attended the second cycle of Mauritania's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) held at the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva. Mauritania's Minister of Justice, Brahim Ould Daddah, defended their second national report before the United Nations' Member States and discussed major human rights advancements undertaken by the authorities since 2010.

On 5 November 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition (SR Truth) to inform him that the relatives of Nasreddine and Messaoud Fedsi − both arrested and summarily executed by the Taher police on

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