Spanish Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Jeremy Laurence Location: Geneva Date: 28 April 2020 We are concerned about the expulsions of at least 1,400 migrants and refugees...

Chinese | French GENEVA (28 April 2020) – Cameroon needs to put an end to escalating intimidation and aggression towards human rights defenders to ensure they can continue their work and NGOs operate...

Chinese | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (28 April 2020): Governments and business must prioritise the wellbeing and rights of all in society, and particularly vulnerable workers, as they try to keep firms...

"Exceptional measures should not be cover for human rights abuses and violations"– Bachelet GENEVA (27 April 2020) – As Governments face the formidable challenge of protecting people from COVID-19, UN...

Summary At the invitation of the Government, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Tendayi Achiume, visited Qatar from 24...

Summary In the report on his visit to Ukraine from 30 April to 10 May 2019, the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity...

This report, presented to the Human Rights Council in 2020, calls for a rights-based policy framework for persons affected by Hansen’s disease and their family members.

Chinese | French | Spanish Humanity is facing the Covid-19 pandemic, whose greatest challenge is to protect the lives of all people. In this context, certain groups of persons are mostly exposed to...

GENEVA (27 April 2020) – OECD Member States should consider establishing a mechanism to prevent conflict of interest of their National Contact Points (NPC’s) corporate review process to strengthen the...