Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the human rights protection challenges facing older persons in societies around the world. While the infection spreads among persons of all ages...

Summary In the report, the newly appointed Special Rapporteur, Professor Alena Douhan, discusses current developments and challenges in the application of unilateral sanctions, identifies the...

GENEVA (22 July 2020) – UN experts* today urged Tanzania to immediately drop legislative and other measures that further curb civic space, particularly as the country gears up for October elections...

Farsi Version (PDF) GENEVA (22 July 2020) – Iran must release human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, reportedly ill with coronavirus symptoms, and other arbitrarily detained individuals before it is...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes, provides a summary of his activities since his previous report to the General Assembly and highlights continuing work on the thematic priorities of statelessness, education and minority languages, hate speech targeting minorities in social media, as well as initiatives on a regional approach to minority issues.

Summary A common narrative in the human rights community is that human rights are neutral towards the type of water and sanitation provision and provider. The present report challenges this narrative...

This report, presented at the General Assembly’s 75th session in 2020, examines internal displacement in the context of the slow-onset adverse effects of climate change and analyses the impacts of this type of displacement on the enjoyment of human rights by internally displaced persons.

In its resolution 18/6, the Human Rights Council established the mandate of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order and requested the Independent...

Summary In the present report, the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises clarifies the practical steps and outlines measures that...