Committee against Torture 23 July 2018 The Committee against Torture this morning opened its sixty-fourth session, hearing a statement by Carla Edelenbos, Chief of Petitions and Inquiries Section of...

Summary As the international community prepares to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur, in the present report, examines the...

The Guidelines on the effective implementation on the right to participate in public affairs provide directions for States on how to ensure participation. The Guidelines include recommendations on...

Summary The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues was established by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 2005/79. It was subsequently extended by the Human Rights Council...

Summary In the present report, the Independent Expert engages with important issues and problems arising in connection with one of the thematic priorities that he has established for his mandate, i.e...

The Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Mr. Saad Alfarargi, wrote a report examining inequality and the human right to development, pursuant to Council resolution 33/14. The report was...