Summary In the present report, the Working Group takes stock of the first decade of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy...

Français | Español GENEVA (23 April 2021) – The Americas Regional Forum on conflict prevention and the protection of the human rights of minorities in the region, convened by the UN Special Rapporteur...

23 April 2021 Applicability of the Convention in Courts, Sentences and Statutes of Limitations among Issues Broached The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon concluded its consideration...

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This report, presented to the Human Rights Council in June 2021, recommends the establishment of a global fund for social protection as a means to close the financing gap faced by low-income countries to provide for social protection floors; to protect the resilience of those countries from future shocks; and to support the increased mobilization of domestic resources for social protection. Such a fund is affordable, whether funding comes from official development assistance or from other sources, including unused or new special drawing rights. Moreover, social protection should be seen as an investment with potentially high returns, since it leads to building human capital, has significant multiplier effects in the local economy, and contributes to inclusive growth and to resilience in times of crisis.

Français GENEVA (21 April 2021) - UN human rights experts* today called on Switzerland to repatriate two sisters, aged 9 and 14, who are being held at a squalid camp in north-eastern Syria after they...

22 April 2021 Excellencies, I write to you in my capacity as Chair of the Chairs of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies and in relation to the preparation of the Ministerial Declaration of the High-Level...

The ability of individuals to complain about the violation of their rights in an international arena brings real meaning to the rights contained in the human rights treaties.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet, describes, the unprecedented verdict on the George Floyd murder case by a white policeman, as "a momentous verdict.”