GENEVA (22 August 2022) - I welcome the announcement by the Prime Minister of Singapore to repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code which criminalises consensual sexual conduct between men. This colonial...

Following the reception of the unedited version of the report of the visit of Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, Marcos Orellana, held from 30 November to 13 December 2021, Italy submits some comments below reported to be taken into consideration in the preparation of the final version of the document

GENEVA (22 August 2022) – UN experts* today called on Iranian authorities to stop persecution and harassment of religious minorities and end the use of religion to curtail the exercise of fundamental...

Date: 22 August 2022 1 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 21 August 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Indonesia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with...

Summary The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 45/27, covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021. Owing to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and...

GENEVA (19 August 2022) – The cynical abuse of religion or belief as a tool of discrimination, hostility and violence should be condemned by all actors at every level of society, UN experts and senior...

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the combined second and third periodic reports of China, of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of...

We are appalled by the sentencing of Saudi doctoral student Salma Al-Shehab to 34 years in jail followed by a 34-year travel ban in connection with a series of tweets and retweets on political and...