Summary Around the world, young women and girls with disabilities face great restrictions to access to services and education that are essential for leading healthy lives and minimize risks of gender...

Summary In many countries health care is among the most corrupt sectors. This has significant implications for equality and non-discrimination, since it has a particularly marked impact on the health...

GENEVA (12 July 2017) – Longstanding power shortages in Gaza have deepened the humanitarian crisis with hospitals in precarious conditions, water shortages growing, and untreated sewage being dumped...

GENEVA (5 July 2017) – Two United Nations human rights experts have issued an urgent appeal for the Governor of Virginia to halt the planned execution of William Morva, a man with psychosocial...

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Second Session 19 May 2003 11th & 12th Meetings (AM & PM) As the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues continued its second session today with a discussion on...