Español GENEVA (27 July 2021) – UN rights experts* have expressed concerns over the criminalisation, violations of due process and health rights of an indigenous human rights defender in Guatemala....

Español ​ GENEVA (9July 2021) ̶ UN experts* today called on Honduras to stop arbitrarily detaining and criminalising human rights defenders of the Garifuna indigenous communities. The Garifuna, who...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 6 July 2021 We are deeply saddened and disturbed by the death of 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy, a human...

1 July 2021 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon adjourned its online seventy-ninth session, during which, virtually, it held a day of general discussion on...

10 January 2003 United Nations human rights experts today condemned the assassinations of two prominent Guatemalan indigenous leaders whose bodies were found in December. Hina Jilani, Special...