​Japanese version GENEVA (24 May 2018) – UN human rights experts* are urging the Government of Japan to review a series of planned benefit cuts which threaten the minimum social protection for the...

Address by Victor Madrigal-Borloz, United Nations Independent Expert on protection from Violence and Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 24 May 2018 Dear friends, good...

French | Spanish Statement by human rights experts on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia - 17 May 2018 Banjul/Geneva/Strasbourg/Washington, D.C., 16 May 2018 On the eve...

The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the first report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal - Borloz, submitted pursuant to Council resolution 32/2.

In my capacity as Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, I have visited Guatemala from 1 to 10 May 2018. I thank the Government for having invited me and for its cooperation during...

GENEVA (11 May 2018) – UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, has expressed concerns over the discrimination and marginalisation of indigenous peoples in...

The Special Rapporteur on Torture, Mr. Theo Van Boven; the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Mrs. Asma Jahangir; the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and the...