Madame Vice-President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Human rights are a global public good. They are not – and never have been – ‘nice-to-haves’ to be cherry picked at will. Fifty-seven years...

What does #development rights mean to you? Is it a skyscraper or more money. A new global legal document promotes equality bridging all rights to development.

"Domicide" should be recognised as an international crime. Coining a new name, the UN's independent expert on housing rights, Balakrishnan Rajagopal has said. "We should stop shutting our eyes to...

NEW YORK (28 October 2022) – The massive, arbitrary destruction of civilian housing in violent conflict should be recognised as a crime under international law, the UN’s independent housing rights...

GENEVA (22 July 2022) – Four years since a dam failure in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic left at least 71 dead and thousands displaced and homeless, UN experts* have called on the Government and...

GENEVA (15 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* have expressed grave concerns about continuous encroachment on traditional Maasai lands and housing, accompanied by a lack of transparency in, and...

GENEVA (12 July 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, condemned the demolition by Israel of the homes and...

GENEVA (30 October 2020) – The Israeli government’s recent announcement that it has approved construction of nearly 5,000 more settlement homes in the occupied Palestinian territory is a grave breach...

People working in the Arco Minero del Orinoco region in Venezuela are caught up in a context of labour exploitation and high levels of violence by criminal groups that control the mines in the area...