The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Kyrgyzstan, with Committee Experts...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fifteenth to seventeenth periodic report of Viet Nam, with Committee Experts commending the...

GENEVA (30 November 2023) – As COP28 begins, UN human rights experts urged States to accelerate the just and equitable phase out of fossil fuels, warning about the immense magnitude of their negative...

BANGUI (30 November 2023) – A UN human rights expert today called on the Central African Republic (CAR) to step up efforts to prevent trafficking in persons, for purposes of sexual exploitation, child...

GENEVA (30 November 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday deplored the decision by Russia’s Supreme Court to label what it termed “the international LGBT movement” as...

GENEVA (30 November 2023) – Argentina’s satisfactory implementation of a friendly settlement with a domestic violence survivor demonstrated the country’s efforts to repair victims and establish...

GENEVA (30 November 2023) – UN experts* today expressed alarm about the escalation of violence in Sudan, particularly sexual violence committed in the conflict, primarily by the Rapid Support Forces...

GENEVA (30 November 2023) – Human rights and those who defend them must be at the forefront of the COP28 summit which begins today in the United Arab Emirates, a UN expert said today. “There have been...

Hebrew The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”) is...

Distinguished friends and colleagues, This is a pivotal moment in history. The 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights coincides with a period of rapid and transformative changes...