GENEVA (29 November 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Marcos Orellana, will visit Ghana from 30 November to 13 December 2022 to assess the country’s human rights situation...

GENEVA (18 November 2022) – Climate activists and civil society have been subjected to intimidation, harassment and surveillance during the COP27 climate summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh, UN experts* said...

In the Sahel region of Africa, as in many other places around the world, climate change is adversely affecting the enjoyment of a broad range of human rights.

The brief presents key initial findings of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) research on human rights and COVID-19 response measures in the context of climate...

Excessive rains, causing flash floods, in Benue State, Nigeria have rendered hundreds of families homeless, since 2018. A UN Human Rights report addresses the effects of climate change in the African...

Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, The climate crisis spares no one. Devastating droughts persist across parts of East Africa. Hurricanes rage more fiercely in the Atlantic. Floods are deeper and...

GENEVA (4 November 2022) – UN independent experts* today called on States to fully integrate human rights standards and principles in negotiations during the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN...

GENEVA (2 November 2022) – It is no exaggeration to say that our right to life is being threatened by insufficient action in the face of the climate emergency, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...