GENEVA (25 February 2022) - The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Bahrain on measures taken to implement the provisions of...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Serbia, commending the State on its almost universal health care system and...

GENEVA - UN experts* today welcomed the cultural heritage status bestowed on Lima’s "El Ojo que Llora" (The Eye That Cries) monument, built in memory of the thousands of victims from Peru’s decades...

GENEVA (21 February 2022) – Relentless misogynistic and sectarian attacks online against journalist Rana Ayyub must be promptly and thoroughly investigated by the Indian authorities and the judicial...

GENEVA (16 February 2022) – UN human rights experts* today criticised an ongoing COVID-19 quarantine imposed on striking casino workers in Cambodia, saying authorities must not disguise a crackdown on...

GENEVA (15 February 2022) – Poland must investigate all allegations of harassment of human rights defenders, including media workers and interpreters, at the border with Belarus, and grant access to...

The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights , together with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders , and a group of civil society organizations are highlighting a...

GENEVA (1 February 2022) – UN human rights experts* today urged Cambodian authorities to halt the planned implementation of data surveillance legislation, saying it is repressive and further...

We are very alarmed at the continued disappearance of six people who were abducted in Kabul two weeks ago in connection with the recent women’s rights protests. We are gravely concerned for their well...