The report underscores that housing has emerged as a key defense against COVID-19. At the peak of the Covid-19 emergency response, more than 3.9 billion people, or half of the world's population, were asked or ordered to stay at home by their governments. However, 1.8 billion people do not have a decent home and live in informal settlements where physical distancing is difficult or impossible. Many millions, especially renters and small landlords, are at risk of losing their home due to the economic impact of the pandemic.

27 July 2020 Distinguished Chairpersons, It is a great pleasure for me to open your meeting on behalf of Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Both in my current capacity as the Assistant...

GENEVA (27 July 2020) – Ten years after the UN explicitly recognised water and sanitation as a human right, billions of people lack safe drinking water and sanitation, a UN expert has warned. “The...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major challenge of this century highly rooted on overweight, obesity and unhealthy diets. As part of their right-to-health duties, States should address the diet...

Summary In 2019, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, under its regular procedure, adopted 85 opinions concerning the detention of 171 persons in 42 countries. It also transmitted 61 urgent...

Summary This research report concerns the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, and through any media – including in the form of art. As such...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 24 July 2020 Subject: Zimbabwe We are concerned at allegations in Zimbabwe, which suggest that the...