GENEVA (23 June 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday urged Ethiopian authorities to hold prompt, impartial and thorough investigations into attacks that led to...

The Europe and Central Asia Regional Seminar on the Contribution of Development to the Enjoyment of all Human Rights took place from 1 to 2 September 2022 in Room XXV at the Palais des Nations. In...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Morocco, with Committee Experts praising the State...

GENEVA (22 June 2022) – The capacity of States to investigate all potentially unlawful deaths, as required under international law, is too often hindered, Morris Tidball-Binz, the UN Special...

Greek version ATHENS (22 June 2022) – Greek authorities must move towards a policy on migration that puts human rights and support for human rights defenders at its core, a UN expert said today....

GENEVA (22 June 2022) - UN experts* have urged the Brazilian Senate to reject a draft bill on pesticides, warning that its adoption will mark a monumental setback for human rights in the country. In...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its review of the fourth periodic report of the United Arab Emirates, commending the State party on gender balance in...

From 4 a.m. on 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 24:00 midnight on 21 June 2022 (local time), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human...

In the present study, the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development examines racism and racial discrimination as barriers to the operationalization of the right to development in the context of State obligations, international cooperation and global partnerships.