GENEVA (25 August 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Marcos Orellana, will conduct an official visit to Australia from 28 August to 8 September 2023. During his 10-day visit...

Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées (CRPD) a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport soumis par Israël au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées . À l...

GENEVA (24 August 2023) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, will conduct an official visit to Ecuador from 28 August to 8 September to...

GENEVA (24 August 2023) – A UN expert has expressed grave concern about the human rights situation in the Central African Republic. “Given the tensions and divisions arising from the constitutional...

GENEVA (24 August 2023) – Marking the sixth anniversary of the Myanmar military’s genocidal attacks against the Rohingya, a UN expert today called on world leaders to end the paralysis of indifference...

Six years ago this week, Myanmar’s military initiated its latest brutal campaign in a decades-long persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine State. In what has been alleged to be a...

Ukrainian version (PDF) VIENNA/GENEVA (24 August 2023 ) - Members of the  United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine  will undertake their third visit to the country...

GENEVA (23 August 2023) – A UN expert today expressed grave concern about violent attacks and intimidation targeting justice officials, including judges, prosecutors and court officials, and judiciary...

GENEVA (23 August 2023) – UN experts* today urged Greece to adopt safe and impartial border protection policies and practices and condemned the lack of accountability for violations involving Greek...

Committee on the Rights of the Child Background The extent and magnitude of the triple planetary crisis, comprising the climate emergency, the collapse of biodiversity and pervasive pollution, is an...