GENEVA (24 March 2021) — The Child Rights Committee today published its legal guidance note on how States should protect children’s rights with regard to the digital environment. The guidance note...

17 March 2021 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the initial periodic report of Estonia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of...

10 March 2021 MORNING The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights...

AFTERNOON 8 March 2021 Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Says Abductions and Sexual Violence against Children are on the Rise as Respect for International Human Rights and...

GENEVA (3 March 2021) – UN experts* today urged Nigeria to prioritise specialised rehabilitation measures for the hundreds of abducted children left deeply traumatised after their release and to...

Background This general comment draws on the Committee’s experience in reviewing States parties’ reports, its day of general discussion on digital media and children’s rights, the jurisprudence of the...

MORNING 1 March 2021 Continues General Debate on the Oral Update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning began its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the...

1 March 2021 AFTERNOON Concludes General Debate on the High Commissioner’s Oral Update The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child with a...

46th session of the Human Rights Council Statement of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet Geneva, 1 March 2021 Madame President, Distinguished panellists, When the...