The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its seventy-first session, hearing opening remarks from Wan-Hea Lee, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural...

GENEVA (11 February 2022) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its eighty-ninth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Madagascar and the...

GENEVA (11 February 2022) – Brazil must comply with its international obligations and reinforce its national prevention mechanisms against torture, experts from the UN torture prevention body said on...

International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers 12 February 2022 GENEVA, New York (11 February 2022) – The UN Child Rights Committee and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for...

GENEVA (11 February 2022) - The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) concluded its 126th session, which took place between 7 and 11 February 2022 in Geneva...

GENEVA (11 February 2022) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Diego García-Sayán, at the invitation of the government will conduct an official visit to Bolivia from...

GENEVA (11 February 2022) – On the 10th anniversary of the murder of prominent journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, UN human rights experts* have expressed their deep concern at the failure of...

GENEVA (11 February 2022) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Tomás Ojea Quintana, will conduct an official visit to South Korea...

JUBA (11 February 2022 ) - Members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan* are concluding their ninth visit to the country, which is taking place from 7 to 12 February. “The...

GENEVA (11 February 2022) — The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will hold its upcoming session from 14 February to 4 March, during which it will review the Democratic Republic of...