GENEVA (23 August 2023) – A UN expert today expressed grave concern about violent attacks and intimidation targeting justice officials, including judges, prosecutors and court officials, and judiciary...

GENEVA (23 August 2023) – UN experts* today urged Greece to adopt safe and impartial border protection policies and practices and condemned the lack of accountability for violations involving Greek...

Committee on the Rights of the Child Background The extent and magnitude of the triple planetary crisis, comprising the climate emergency, the collapse of biodiversity and pervasive pollution, is an...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twelfth to thirteenth periodic reports of Turkmenistan, with Committee Experts commending...

The Human Rights Service of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published a report this morning detailing allegations of serious human rights violations by the de facto Taliban...

In the present report, the Secretary-General highlights activities, policy developments and good practices within the United Nations system and beyond to address intimidation of and reprisals against those seeking to cooperate or having cooperated with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights.

GENEVA (21 August 2023) - The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, will conduct a visit to Canada from 23 August to 6 September 2023. During his visit, Obokata will...

GENEVA (21 August 2023) – India’s persistent detention of human rights defender GN Saibaba is an inhumane and senseless act, a UN expert said today. “GN Saibaba is a long-standing defender of the...

The report of the Expert Mechanism focuses on reimagining policing and explores ways to adopt alternative and complementary methods of policing that can contribute to close trust deficits with the communities served. The report also includes an overview of the Mechanism’s activities in the intersessional period.

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held an interactive panel discussion to mark the one-year anniversary of the Committee’s Guidelines on deinstitutionalization, including...