GENEVA (31 July 2017) – The Government of the Philippines must urgently address growing reports of human rights violations, including murder, threats against indigenous peoples and the summary...

Summary Notwithstanding the endorsement by the Human Rights Council of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ( A/HRC/17/31 , annex), there continues to be a worrying lack of...

Spanish GENEVA (19 July 2017) – A group of United Nations experts* today called on the Government of Mexico to carry out a transparent, independent and impartial investigation into allegations of...

GENEVA (18 July 2017) – A group of United Nations experts* has expressed deep concern at the alleged arbitrary detention of Bahraini human rights defender Ebtisam Alsaegh amid reports she has been...

Turkish version GENEVA (14 July 2017) - A group of United Nations experts* has today called on the Government of Turkey to immediately release nine human rights defenders and two foreign trainers who...

GENEVA (7 July 2017) – Israel should carefully reconsider the charges it is pursuing against Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro, two United Nations independent experts said today. Mr. Amro...

CESCR 30th session 5 May 2003 Afternoon The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard statements from a number of non-governmental organizations which focused on the...