GENEVA (22 December 2022) – Appealing for the immediate rescue of Rohingya refugees in distress on a vessel in the Andaman Sea, UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tom Andrews said regional governments...
GENEVA (22 December 2022) – A functional and independent preventive mechanism, at national and international levels, that can regularly visit all detention facilities is vital to protect more than 10...
GENEVA (22 December 2022) – While noting that the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution on Myanmar for the first time since a military coup nearly two years ago, Tom Andrews, UN Special...
GENEVA (21 December 2022) -- UN experts* today condemned in the strongest terms the latest decision of the Taliban that excludes women and girls from universities, a further violation of their human...
The Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, David R. Boyd, submits the present report in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 46/7. Herein, the Special Rapporteur summarizes key points from the expert seminar he convened on 24 and 25 October 2022.
GENEVA (21 December 2022) -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Federico Villegas (Argentina), has decided to appoint Mr. Mohamed Chande Othman of Tanzania to the Council-created...
GENEVA (21 December 2022) – Large numbers of children working on tobacco farms in Malawi remain out of school, UN experts* warned today, urging the Government and tobacco companies operating in the...