The mandate holder decided to devote his third thematic report to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly to the interplay between the economic policies and safeguards of international...

GENEVA (10 August 2020) – UN experts on business and human rights today urged Peru to ratify the landmark "Escazú Agreement," saying it offers an historic opportunity to make companies more...

GENEVA (10 August 2020) – “Legislation drafted by parliamentarians in Somalia risks legitimizing child marriage, among other alarming practices, and must be prevented from passing into law. Provisions...

Summary Since its inception in 1980, the Working Group has transmitted a total of 58,606 cases to 109 States. The number of cases under active consideration that have not yet been clarified, closed or...

Summary The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on standards and public policies for an...

Summary The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, on her...

Summary Tajikistan has yet to come to terms with the violations of human rights committed during the civil war. More than 20 years after the civil war ended, the wounds remain deep, but go...

​ العربية Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 7 August 2020 Subject: Lebanon This week's horrific blast in Beirut has brought into sharp...

​ العربية Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 7 August 2020 Subject: Jordan We are deeply concerned at the decision by the Jordanian...

Geneva (7 August 2020) – People in countries under sanctions cannot protect themselves against COVID-19 or get life-saving treatment if they fall ill because humanitarian exemptions to the sanctions...