The Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council are independent human rights experts with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective. The system...

The UN Human Rights Report 2022 presents the progress achieved in 2022 against the targets set out in the OHCHR Management Plan 2018-2021, which was extended through 2023, and includes an overview of...

​ Montenegrin version GENEVA (31 October 2019) – UN Special Rapporteur Maria Grazia Giammarinaro will assess the issue of trafficking in people in Montenegro, during an official visit to the country...

GENEVA (31 October 2019) – The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will carry out its first official visit to Qatar, from 3 to 14 November 2019, to assess the situation regarding deprivation of...

Arabic GENEVA (31 October 2019) – UN human rights experts* called on Israel to immediately release Heba Al-Labadi, a Palestinian woman with Jordanian nationality, who was placed in solitary...

​Spanish GENEVA (31 October 2019) – Bolivia’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Tuesday, 5...

GENEVA (31 October 2019) – The Gambia’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Tuesday, 5 November...

NEW YORK 22 October 2019 Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, good morning, I was pleased to visit Maldives and Tuvalu this year, and will report on my findings to future sessions of the...

​ Spanish GENEVA (31 October 2019) – UN experts* have deplored the massacre committed against members of the Nasa people in Cauca, Colombia and urge the Government to take urgent measures in...

GENEVA / BANJUL (31 October 2019) – The Gambia should be commended for embarking on a national process of healing and reconciliation, reversing its abusive legacy and bringing perpetrators to account...