GENEVA (25 October 2017) - The UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas, is calling on Spanish authorities to enter into negotiations...

NEW YORK (17 October 2017) – The lending policies of the International Monetary Fund are actively undermining some of the UN’s human rights and development priorities, as well as promoting the “failed...

Distinguished Chair, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, This is my sixth and final report to the General Assembly in my function as Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable...

Distinguished Chair, Excellencies, hermanas y hermanos : I thank the Delegations that have taken the floor and promise to consider your thoughtful comments in my final report to the Human Rights...

Spanish GENEVA (4 October 2017) - UN experts* are calling for urgent dialogue in the aftermath of the vote on Catalonia’s independence from Spain, and are stressing the need for human rights to be...