Summary The Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, conducted an official visit to Italy from 20 to 31 January 2020 at the invitation of the Government. In the present report, she...

GENEVA (31 Aug 2020) – The UN child rights committee has applauded Argentina’s decision not to deport a mother of three young children who had already completed her sentence for a drug offence. The...

Geneva, 29 August 2020 "I welcome the granting of house arrest to the Venezuelan opposition parliamentarian Juan Requesens, after more than two years in detention at the headquarters of the Bolivarian...

Summary Pursuant to her mandate under Human Rights Council resolution 34/9, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right...

Français GENEVA (28 August 2020) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed deep concern over the recent death threats directed at the Congolese human rights...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 28 August 2020 The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has today expressed deep...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 28 August 2020 We are very concerned by reports of excessive use of force by security forces at a...

GENEVA (28 August 2020) – Lawmakers, lawyers, judges and prison officers today received much-needed support from UN experts to make sure people with disabilities can use justice systems around the...

GENEVA (28 August 2020) – The international community must urgently step up its assistance and support to Lebanon and to international reconstruction and humanitarian agencies to prevent people...