GENEVA (17 July 2023) – UN experts* today welcomed the decision of the European Court of Human Rights that States must ensure access to effective remedies for human rights violations related to rules...

GENEVA (13 July 2023) – The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights will conduct its first official visit to Japan from 24 July to 4 August. The experts will assess efforts to identify, prevent...

GENEVA (13 July 2023) – A considerable increase in salinity levels affecting the quality of potable water in Uruguay is affecting over 60 percent of its population, UN experts* warned today. “The...

Summary In the report, the Working Group explores factors leading to human rights abuses in the context of energy transition programs, including how the design and implementation of such programs...

In the present study, the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development presents best practices and provides recommendations on how non-State actors can contribute to the duty to cooperate for the implementation of the right to development worldwide. The study is focused on foreign, private non-State actors operating in a host State.