Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 12 September 2019 Experts Raise Concerns about the Deprivation of Legal Capacity and Violence against Women and Children with Disabilities...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 12 September 2019 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon considered the initial report of Panama under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur examines the different ways in which the closing of civic space can be associated with negative development outcomes, including in the fight against poverty and economic inequality. In particular, the Special Rapporteur explores how a restrictive space for civic engagement exacerbates the exclusion of those living in poverty, including marginalized groups, and perpetuates the privileges of those in power.

Mongolian version Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic...

Arabic GENEVA (11 September 2019) – A UN human rights expert has commended Qatar for its significant contribution to human rights-based solidarity with other States and peoples, while identifying...

​Mongolian version GENEVA / ULAANBAATAR (11 September 2019) – The mining sector in Mongolia should play a truly transformative role and serve as a catalyst to ensure the realisation of economic...

Arabic UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria GENEVA, 11 September 2019 – Having entered its ninth year, the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, characterized by intensifying levels of violence...

GENEVA (11 September 2019) – States around the world must act urgently to prevent enforced disappearances rather than looking the other way, said a group of UN human rights experts. “It is our...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 11 September 2019 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Bosnia and...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 11 September 2019 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Iraq on the...