Summary In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolutions 17/4 and 44/15, the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and...

GENEVA (3 August 2023) – A UN expert today expressed grave concern about a violent attack targeting Haitian Judge Wilner Morin, whose vehicle was fired upon in the capital Port-au-Prince a few months...

Francisco Vera at UN Human Rights HQ During his visit to Geneva in July, 13-year-old Colombian activist Francisco Vera presented the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, with a manifesto...

The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 76/169 . In the report, it is emphasized that countering terrorism and respecting, protecting and promoting human rights should...

The present report, submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 76/173, describes the current situation in relation to the safety of journalists and media workers worldwide.

GENEVA (2 August 2023) – A range of serious human rights violations and severe restrictions on civic and political space affected the credibility of Cambodia’s national elections on 23 July, UN...

The briefer provides examples of how international human rights mechanisms and courts and tribunals have helped people find justice, in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The briefer provides guidance on the types of hearings that may be appropriately dealt with on-line. It is based on current international human rights law, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.