The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the tenth periodic report of Ecuador, with Committee Experts asking about women's access to...

Mr. President, Distinguished Representatives, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great honor that I address this Assembly, in my capacity as the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the use of...

NEW YORK (28 October 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed their alarm at the growing practice of mercenary-related activities in cyberspace, saying that private actors provide a wide range...

HARARE (28 October 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures, Alena Douhan, called for the lifting of unilateral sanctions against Zimbabwe, and urged meaningful structured...

GENEVA (27 October 2021) – Hungary’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Tuesday, 2 November 2021...

GENEVA (28 October 2021) – Samoa’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday, 3 November 2021...

GENEVA (28 October 2021) – The report by the UN Human Rights Office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on their joint investigation into alleged violations of human rights, humanitarian...

NEW YORK (28 October 2021) – The UN’s expert on racism has strongly criticised countries boycotting the Durban Declaration and called on them to recommit to the principles for combatting racial...