Ukraine: civilian casualty update 15 August 2022 * Date: 15 August 2022 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 14 August 2022, the Office of the...

In this report, the Special Rapporteur addresses the role of culture in sustainable development, including the cultures of development, with a view to assessing how cultural diversity and cultural rights have been mainstreamed in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development so far and to highlighting areas where increased cultural awareness may contribute to reaching the Sustainable Development Goals during the second half of the implementation timeline of the 2030 Agenda.

The present report reflects the activities of and communications and cases examined by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances from 22 May 2021 to 13 May 2022.

Summary The Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights undertook an official visit to Zimbabwe from 18 to 28 October 2021 to examine the...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined 10 th to 12 th periodic reports of the United States of America, with Committee Experts...

GENEVA (12 August 2022) - The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon concluded its 28th session after advancing its studies on the impact of new technologies for climate protection on...

GENEVA (12 August 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will conduct an official visit to Bangladesh from Sunday, 14 August, upon the invitation of the Government. This is...

GENEVA (12 August 2022) – UN experts* today said the international community must dramatically step up efforts to urge de facto authorities to adhere to basic human rights principles, warning that...

GENEVA (12 August 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Cambodia Vitit Muntarbhorn will conduct his first official visit to Cambodia from 15 to 26 August 2022. He will...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, examines the challenges that information manipulation poses to freedom of opinion and expression during armed conflict. In the report, she notes that the information environment in the digital age has become a dangerous theatre of war in which State and non-State actors, enabled by digital technology and social media, weaponize information to sow confusion, feed hate, incite violence and prolong conflict.