Summary As a follow-up to his first report on the linkages between the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 30 September 2019 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its sixty-sixth session in Geneva, hearing a statement by...

Committee on Enforced Disappearances 30 September 2019 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its seventeenth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it will...

Stand up now for Older Persons' Rights GENEVA (30 September 2019) – The UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Rosa Kornfeld -Matte, calls on everyone to stand up...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 30 September 2019 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard from civil society organizations on the implementation of...

Video statement Greetings from Geneva to Gwangju. I send my support to everyone involved in the forum, and my thanks to the Mayor of Gwangju for the leadership you have shown on Human Rights Cities...

Preliminary observations Quito, 26 September 2019 Members of the press, Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by thanking the Government of Ecuador for inviting me to visit the country to assess...

GENEVA (27 September 2019) – UN human rights experts have joined forces to urge Saudi Arabia to release Loujain Al-Hathloul whose arrest 500 days ago marked the start of a crackdown against women...

27 September 2019 Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet President DeGioia, Senator Rodham Clinton, Ambassador Verveer, Colleagues and Friends, It is a great honour for...