Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 11 January 2022 Developments in Tunisia over the past month have deepened our already serious concerns...

GENEVA (10 January 2022) - On the 20th anniversary of the arrival of the first detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, UN experts* condemned the facility as a site of “unparalleled...

Summary The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, visited Hungary from 15 to 22 November 2021, at the invitation of the...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, Mama Fatima Singhateh, presents a practical approach to addressing the sale and sexual exploitation of children by providing a set of concrete measures and good practices, collected from across the world, to tackle the sale of children for the purpose of child marriage and the sexual exploitation of children in prostitution, in the context of travel and tourism, and online.

Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, Mama...

The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 45/29 on promoting, protecting and respecting women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of human rights in humanitarian situations, describes the main factors underlying and exacerbating pre-existing discrimination against women and girls, the gender inequality they face and resulting human rights issues.