Geneva (31 December 2022) - The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel, welcomes General Assembly resolution...

In the present report, the Independent Expert states that the accumulation of stolen assets and illicit transfer of funds to foreign jurisdictions and countries undermines State obligations to mobilize maximum available resources for the progressive realization of human rights. She presents a set of 13 draft non-binding and practical guidelines on human rights and the repatriation of State assets that are consistent with existing international human rights law in this context.

GENEVA (30 December 2022) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today called for a coordinated regional approach to protect the thousands of desperate Rohingya who risk their lives by undertaking...

As we turn the page on one year and look ahead to a new one, it is time to reflect on the story we'd like to write for our future. My hope for next year is that we lead our lives, individually and...

GENEVA (29 December 2022) -- UN experts* today denounced and called for an immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order barring women from working in international and national non-governmental...

GENEVA (29 December 2022) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has strongly condemned the recent decisions by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to...

In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council resolution 46/19, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food gives an account of how different forms of violence in food systems harm...

30th Meeting of States parties (New York, 22 June 2023): Election of the members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 19...

The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 47/24, contains a summary of the panel discussion on the adverse impact of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights by people in vulnerable situations, held on 28 June 2022.