GENEVA (28 June 2023) – Displacement, internally or across borders, and statelessness heighten risks of trafficking in persons, a UN expert said today, urging States to prevent trafficking and ensure...

GENEVA (27 JUNE 2023) – A UN expert today called for full legal protection for people displaced by the impacts of climate change in order to guarantee their human rights. “The effects of climate...

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Brazil on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political...

MORNING 27 June 2023 The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business...

Introduction Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. The report that we are releasing today focuses on arbitrary detention of civilians in the context of the Russian Federation’s large-scale attack on...

Improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, remain a significant concern in Afghanistan, characterized by a rise in attacks on places of worship and against the minority Hazara community, a report released...

GENEVA (27 June 2023) – The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Václav Bálek (Czechia), has appointed Ariela Peralta Distefano of Uruguay as a member of the Group of Human Rights Experts...

GENEVA (27 June 2023) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) found that Cambodia’s lack of action to protect a rural woman rights defender from forced eviction...