The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Excellencies, Colleagues, Thank you to the Michaëlle Jean Foundation for bringing us all together for this important Summit. It is a privilege to participate. I...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes, provides a summary of his activities and highlights the continuing work on the thematic priorities of statelessness, education and minority languages, hate speech targeting minorities on social media and the prevention of violent conflicts through the protection of the human rights of minorities, as well as the strengthening of the protection of the rights of minorities through regional forums.

GENEVA (29 July 2022) – The visit to Argentina of the UN Independent Expert on foreign debt, other financial obligations and human rights, Attiya Waris, originally planned for 1 to 10 August 2022, has...

GENEVA (29 July 2022) – The arbitrary shutdown of hundreds of civil society organisations in Nicaragua is deeply concerning and would have a chilling effect on activists and human rights defenders...

GENEVA (29 July 2022) – Tunisia's Government must improve water network management and end the overexploitation of aquifiers in the country, issues that are growing more urgent in the context of...

The UN Committee on Migrant Workers will hold a half-day of general discussion on Tuesday, 27 September 2022, from 3-6pm (CET – Geneva time) , during its thirty-fifth session to be held in Geneva from...

GENEVA (29 July 2022) – UN experts* today condemned the execution of Nazeri Bin Lajim, a 64-year-old Malay Singaporean national convicted of drug offenses and urged the Government of Singapore to halt...

GENEVA (29 July 2022) – The UN Committee against Torture on Friday issued findings on Botswana, Nicaragua, the State of Palestine and the United Arab Emirates after reviewing the four States parties...

The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Botswana, Nicaragua, State of Palestine, and the United Arab...

GENEVA (29 July 2022) – Ahead of the World Day Against Trafficking in persons, a group of United Nations and regional human rights experts* raised serious concerns about the risks of trafficking for...