GENEVA (15 November 2023) – The widespread harms already caused by climate change and the accelerating existential threat it poses to the future of all human life on our planet can only be overcome if...

GENEVA (15 November 2023) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said today he was alarmed by reports that the arbitrary expulsion of Afghan nationals from Pakistan has been accompanied by abuse...

Everywhere – and especially in your countries – the climate crisis is generating profound and increasing threats to human rights. This is a matter of life and death. The dignity and the very survival...

We are following the alarming reports of mass killings that allegedly occurred last week in the Centre-North region of Burkina Faso. According to several sources, between 5 and 8 November 2023, a...

ULAANBAATAR (15 November 2023) – A UN expert today welcomed steps Mongolia has taken to improve the independence of its judiciary since its transition to democracy in 1990, in particular the strides...

HANOI (15 November 2023) – Viet Nam’s efforts to achieve economic development and reduce poverty deserve recognition, but the country should do more to facilitate the participation of people in...

GENEVA (14 November 2023) – A UN human rights expert today urged the United States of America to increase its efforts to address ‘enduring systemic racism’, after a 14-day visit to the country. “The...

GENEVA (14 November 2023) – The severe crackdown against workers demanding fair wages and political activists calling for free and fair elections, judicial harassment of journalists, human rights...

GENEVA (14 November 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabian Salvioli, will conduct an official visit to Armenia from...

It has been two years since two staff of UNESCO and the UN Human Rights Office were detained in Sana'a, Yemen. Since then, we have not received information about the reasons for their detention or...