GENEVA (22 October 2018) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of the civil society from Nepal, the Republic of the Congo, the...

Spanish GENEVA (22 October 2018) – A Guatemalan court’s ruling that indigenous Ixil Mayans were victims of genocide and crimes against humanity sets a historic precedent for transitional justice in...

GENEVA (22 October 2018) – UN human rights experts* are urging Nigeria to take immediate steps to remedy deliberate attempts to exclude women candidates from recent party primary elections for seats...

NEW YORK (22 October 2018) – The Sustainable Development Goals are instrumental in achieving the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism worldwide because the Goals have a central pledge to...

French | Spanish NEW YORK (22 October 2018) - Austerity measures and budget cuts in the social sectors are hitting women the hardest, a UN human rights expert said today, with an increasingly...

NEW YORK (22 October 2018) – Governments worldwide need to strengthen efforts to protect freedom of religion or belief while tackling the challenge of violent extremism, a UN human rights expert said...

GENEVA (19 October 2018) - The Human Rights Committee today continued the second reading of its draft General Comment no. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on...

GENEVA (19 October 2018) – A UN expert group has welcomed the decision by a number of the world’s business leaders to pull out of a high-level investment conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (23-25...

NEW YORK (19 October 2018) - Widespread privatisation of public goods in many societies is systematically eliminating human rights protections and further marginalising those living in poverty...