Mariana de la Fuente, fights against slave labour and human trafficking in Brazil. According to ILO, more than 57,000 workers in Brazil were rescued in conditions similar to slavery – between 2003 to...

GENEVA (25 May 2023) – UN experts* today urged Cambodian authorities to ensure an inclusive, genuine, and peaceful electoral process, in full respect of human rights, including rights to freedom of...

The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons visited Japan from 26 September to 7 October 2022. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, following the great east-Japan...

This briefing paper addresses the human rights situation of older persons in the context of the ongoing armed attack by the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Its findings, based on the work of the...

GENEVA (24 May 2023) – A UN expert today expressed concern about the ongoing legal proceedings against human rights defender Obert Masaraure in Zimbabwe. She called for the charges against him to be...

2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Its 30 articles affect everyone’s lives – from the need to close the gender pay gap to ensuring everyone has access to...

Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk at his press conference at the UN in Geneva In December last year, I launched our year-long commemoration of the 75th anniversary...

BRUSSELS (24 May 2023) – A UN expert today called on Burundi to overcome divisions and restore the Arusha Agreement. The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi, Fortuné...