In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance addresses an increase in antisemitic incidents and conspiracy theories since the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID - 19).

GENEVA (28 August 2020) – Lawmakers, lawyers, judges and prison officers today received much-needed support from UN experts to make sure people with disabilities can use justice systems around the...

Français Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 28 August 2020 My dear Vladimir, colleagues and friends, I am pleased to join this fifth meeting of the Global Counter...

GENEVA (24 August 2020) – Lengthy and unnecessary pre-trial detention of scores of Egyptian human rights defenders is putting them at grave and unnecessary risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, UN human...

Structural racial discrimination exacerbates inequality in access to health care and treatment, leading to racial disparities in health outcomes and increased mortality and morbidity for people of African descent.

GENEVA (18 August 2020) – Warning of an impending tsunami of evictions, the UN's expert on housing rights today called on governments around the world to halt all evictions until the COVID-19 pandemic...

17 August 2020 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon opened its twenty-third session online, hearing statements by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties...

Español GENEVA / WASHINGTON (13 August 2020) – Too many countries in the Americas have loosened environmental safeguards in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, when they should be improving them to...