LGBT persons deserve that promise fulfilled Statement by human rights experts on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (to be held on 17 May 2021) Français | Русский |...

Français | Русский | Español GENEVA (14 May 2021) – UN and regional human rights experts today urged Governments, faith-based institutions and religious leaders to respectfully and compassionately...

Español GENEVA/ WASHINGTON D.C.(14 May 2021) - UN and OAS human rights experts* today condemned the violent crackdown on peaceful protests in Colombia, and called on the Government to conduct a...

GENEVA (14 May 2021) – The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will hold its 124th session from 17 to 21 May 2021 to examine more than 320 cases from 25 countries. The five...

العربية | 中文 | Français | Русский | Español 13 May 2021 Dear colleagues, As both a doctor and the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights, I am pleased to join you in this discussion of how...

The Secretariat has the honor to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, prepared pursuant to Council resolutions 15/21 and 41/12. In the present report, he addresses the importance of guaranteeing access to justice in the context of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.

Summary The present report, submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 43/6, provides an account of the activities undertaken by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of...

Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 44/1, in which the Council extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in...

GENEVA / BAGHDAD (12 May 2021) – Freedom of expression in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has been increasingly curtailed over the past year, according to a UN report issued today. Critics of public...