GENEVA (15 September 2023) – States must effectively respect, protect and facilitate the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, of association and of expression online and in digitally-mediated...

Madame Vice-President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Human rights are a global public good. They are not – and never have been – ‘nice-to-haves’ to be cherry picked at will. Fifty-seven years...

GENEVA (15 September 2023) – As the number of older persons in the world rapidly increases, violence against older persons remains unaddressed despite being widespread, pervasive and putting millions...

GENEVA (15 September 2023) – UN experts* today warned against the forcible repatriation of Mr. Ravil Mingazov from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Russian Federation, calling for an immediate...

Ask Questions on Disappearances of Unaccompanied Minors and Lack of Access to Compensation and Asylum in Caribbean Territories The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today considered, in absence of...

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights. It then began an...

GENEVA (15 September 2023) – The deteriorating health conditions of three human rights defenders held in detention in Bahrain was alarming, a UN expert said today. “I am extremely concerned about the...

GENEVA (15 September 2023) – Saudi Arabia must immediately revoke the death sentence handed down to Mohammed Al Ghamdi for his tweets and YouTube activities, as the crackdown on freedom of expression...

GENEVA (15 September 2023) – Unilateral sanctions and over-compliance have a detrimental impact on the enjoyment of all aspects of the right to health, a UN expert said today. “Health systems around...

AFTERNOON 15 September 2023 Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of All Human Rights by Older Persons United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...