The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolution 44/10 by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn.

The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent was in Paris, France, from 13 to 16 December on a working visit aimed at assessing and better understanding the situation of peoples of...

UN human rights experts* today expressed their satisfaction with the decision of the Swiss Federal Court, published on 17 December, instructing the Cantonal Court of Zurich to ensure the immediate...

UN human rights experts* are appalled by the conviction and long-term sentencing in Viet Nam this week of four prominent human rights defenders and journalists who were accused of spreading anti-State...

The international community must hold Israel to account for its 54-year occupation of Palestine, a UN human rights expert said today, five years after the UN Security Council passed a resolution...

UN human rights experts* today called on the international community to take urgent steps to clear the way for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan in order to prevent an impending humanitarian catastrophe...