GENEVA (28 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on Philippine authorities to drop a reportedly unwarranted murder charge against an indigenous rights defender who submitted himself to...

World Leprosy Day 31 January 2021 GENEVA (28 January 2021) – A United Nations human rights expert said today that the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has failed persons affected by both leprosy and...

UN experts urge renewed commitment to combat antisemitism, including Holocaust distortion and denial GENEVA (27 January 2021) – UN experts* said today States must take resolute action against rising...

GENEVA (27 January 2021) – A UN expert said today the Central African Republic’s handover to the International Criminal Court (ICC) of a former militia commander suspected of war crimes and crimes...

GENEVA (26 January 2021) – UN experts* said today Israel must immediately stop using its array of military security tools to obstruct the legitimate and indispensable work of human rights defenders...

GENEVA (25 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today urged the Sri Lankan Government to end its policy of forced cremation of the COVID-19 deceased, saying it ran contrary to the beliefs of...

GENEVA (25 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed alarm at a growing trend to enact legislation enabling access to medically assisted dying based largely on having a disability or...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment evaluates the effectiveness of the cooperation shown by States in their responses and follow-up to official communications and country visit requests transmitted by the Special Rapporteur.

GENEVA (22 January 2021) – A UN expert* deplored today the arrest and prolonged pre-trial detention of human rights defenders and bloggers, and their accusation of being members of a terrorist...

GENEVA (22 January 2021) – States and non-state actors must cooperate in an equitable, globally coordinated vaccine distribution programme, such as the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX)...