The present report is the first submitted by the recently appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan. It contains a reflection on developments since 15 August 2021...

GENEVA (9 September 2022) - The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on Friday issued its country reviews on Bangladesh, China*, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Lao...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Purpose and process These guidelines complement the Committee’s general comment No. 5 (2017) and its guidelines on the right to liberty and...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Introduction The aim of the present general comment is to clarify the obligations of States parties regarding the right to work and employment as...

Good morning, Today I am joining you from Odesa – a city in the south of Ukraine where the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission has been present since 2014. Every day, we speak to people across the...

GENEVA (9 September 2022) - The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) will hold its upcoming session from 12 to 23 September, during which it will review Mali, the Czech Republic and Uruguay...

Dhivehi (PDF) GENEVA (7 September 2022) ̶ A United Nations expert group on discrimination against women and girls will undertake its first official visit to the Maldives from 11 to 22 September 2022...

Entebbe / Geneva The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia expresses its deep concern about the renewal of hostilities between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's...

Mr. President, The armed attack by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022, has resulted in the mass forced displacement of civilians in Ukraine. Some 7 million people...

GENEVA (7 September 2022) – Independent UN experts* said today that profound concerns over systematic human rights violations and their widespread effect on individuals and minorities in China’s...