GENEVA (31 January 2022) – Experts from the UN torture prevention body will visit Brazil from today to 4 February for meetings with senior officials to discuss the country’s policy that amended the...

in this report, her first to the HRC, the Independent Expert, establishes a preliminary work plan for her mandate, focusing on six priority areas: Fiscal legitimacy and human rights; Engaging the evolving nature and role of the State; Crises, natural emergencies and financial obligations; The environment, illicit financial flows, debt and financial transactions; Transparency of financial and tax information and digital systems; The global fiscal system and its implications for human rights.

GENEVA (28 January 2022) — The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will hold its upcoming session from 31 January to 11 February, during which it will review Madagascar and the Netherlands. The two...

Amid Yemen’s escalating conflict, which saw deadly airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition on 21 January, there needs to be a transparent, independent and impartial investigation to ensure individual accountability for any breaches of international humanitarian law.

GENEVA (28 January 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday urged the international community to intensify pressure on the military to stop its campaign of violence...

GENEVA (28 January 2022) – A UN human rights expert today decried the existence of more than 100 laws globally that discriminate against people affected by leprosy, saying it was shameful that...

José Quisocala, set up a bank for social change in Peru at a tender age. Nine years on he is proud of his achievements, in seeking to impact society, especially the youth.

The Myanmar junta is committing gross human rights violations against the people of Myanmar.

Today we commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, a crime of shocking inhumanity that brutally murdered six million Jews, as well as Roma and Sinti people, Slavs, people with disabilities, LGBT...