GENEVA (25 July 2022) – UN experts* today expressed frustration and grave concern following confirmation of the death of Australian teenager Yusuf Zahab in a North-East Syrian detention facility. The...

We are alarmed by the unnecessary use of force reportedly employed by Sri Lanka’s security forces to break up a protest camp near presidential offices in Colombo – only hours before the protesters...

In the present report, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights focuses on the role of local government and the opportunities and challenges it faces in the promotion and protection of human rights, including in relation to the right to equality and non-discrimination and the protection of persons in vulnerable and marginalized situations

GENEVA (22 July 2022) – The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights was scheduled to undertake its first country visit to Luxembourg from 18 to 28 July to assess efforts to identify, prevent and...

GENEVA (22 July 2022) – Four years since a dam failure in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic left at least 71 dead and thousands displaced and homeless, UN experts* have called on the Government and...

The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (“the Working Group”) decided to devote the next annual thematic report to the 77th session of the General Assembly to the examination of links between corporate political engagement practices and responsible business conduct.

Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Dear colleagues, It is my pleasure to share with you today highlights from the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on economic...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, focuses on the enjoyment of human rights by indigenous peoples living in urban areas. He discusses the challenges and opportunities of urbanization with regard to its impact on human rights and provides recommendations on measures necessary to guarantee the full enjoyment of human rights by indigenous peoples living in urban areas, with a view to ensuring the effective and universal implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

In this report, the Working Group reviews its annual activities and examines the following thematic issues: secret detention; arbitrary detention and the principles of effective interviewing for investigations and information-gathering; and deprivation of liberty of older persons.