The present report examines the implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 45/33 and the progress and results of technical cooperation and capacity-building for the promotion and protection of...

GENEVA (13 September 2022) – UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Ian Fry is currently on an official visit to Bangladesh. The...

Observations and Comments of Sri Lanka on the draft report of Mr. Tomoya Obokata the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, on his Country Visit to Sri Lanka from 26 November to 3...

AFTERNOON The Human Rights Council this afternoon took up the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, with an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in...

GENEVA (12 September 2022) – A UN expert has urged the Mexican government to legislate human rights guarantees for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and to allocate adequate funding for their...

MIDDAY The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Nicholas Koumjian, Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism on Myanmar, followed by an interactive dialogue with...

This report focuses on exploring more effective and fair mechanisms to use public resources to guarantee human rights for all by tackling the uncontrolled growth of the wealth of a few, which is deepening inequalities and addresses the issue of international tax governance through the creation and development of a global United Nations-led tax convention and a global tax body using a human rights lens.

The present report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 69/16, is focused on the collection and use of disaggregated data in efforts to promote and protect the human rights of people of African descent.

Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, It is a pleasure to welcome you to this enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan...

GENEVA (12 September 2022) – Afghanistan faces a deepening human rights crisis under Taliban rule that is leading to authoritarianism, a UN expert warned today. In his first report to the Human Rights...