The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the additional information report submitted by Mexico under Article 29, paragraph four of the International Convention for...

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first of a series of regional consultations, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia focused on the right to development.

Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, this afternoon told the Human Rights Council that over-exploitation, land grabbing and contamination...

GENEVA (14 September 2023) – The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will conduct an official visit to Mexico, from 18 to 29 September 2023, to assess the situation of deprivation of liberty in...

GENEVA (14 September 2023) – One year after nationwide protests began in Iran following the death in custody of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, State harassment of women and girls is on the rise...

GENEVA (14 September 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabian Salvioli, will conduct an official visit to Colombia from...

Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence The Human Rights Council this morning held its...

GENEVA (14 September 2023) – UN experts* today welcomed the decision by a court in Switzerland to put a former member of a Belarusian paramilitary unit on trial for his alleged involvement in the...

The present report is submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 8/4 and 53/7. In the report, the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Farida Shaheed, addresses the crucial role and rights of teachers, their contribution to the full realization of the right to education, and the challenges this presents.

GENEVA (14 September 2023) – A UN expert today urged Governments and all actors, including the private sector, to make “peace with our rivers” to ensure access to safe drinking water and sanitation...