GENEVA (31 January 2019) – The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent will carry out a fact-finding visit to Belgium from 4 to 11 February 2019. “We will gather...

Sesotho version GENEVA (29 January 2019) – The UN expert on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Léo Heller, will make a landmark visit to Lesotho from 4 to 15 February 2019. Mr...

Summary Following the report devoted to the rights of agricultural workers and the paradoxical challenge they face in realizing their right to food, the present report examines two aspects of fishery...

Spanish Madrid, 25 January 2019 Introduction Good afternoon and thank you for coming. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the Government of Spain for the invitation to undertake a...

Dhaka, 25 January 2019 Ladies and Gentlemen, Over the last ten days, I have visited Thailand and Bangladesh, I have spoken to a range of people from Myanmar, as well as authorities, UN agencies...

Summary In her report, the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ikponwosa Ero, presents the findings of the round table on albinism and human rights, held in...

GENEVA (23 January 2019) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit the Bangladesh island of Bhashan Char on Thursday, 24 January. The Bangladesh...

Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur explores issues relating to the sale and sexual exploitation of children in Malaysia in the light of international human rights norms and...

Summary To mark the tenth anniversary of the mandate on cultural rights and the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur provides an overview of the...