Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 76/166, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, examines the emerging issues concerning the realization of the right to food in the context of the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its impact on food security and nutrition.

Ukraine: civilian casualty update 1 Date: 18 July 2022 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 17 July 2022, the Office of the UN High...

GENEVA (18 July 2022) – A UN expert today hailed a decision by the African Court on Human and People’s Rights to award reparations to the Ogiek indigenous peoples for harms suffered from injustices...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, analyses the situation of human rights defenders working on the rights of migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees. In her report, the Special Rapporteur draws attention to the often vulnerable situation of defenders supporting migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers and the particular administrative, legal, practical and societal barriers they face.

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, provides reflections on her mandate at the end of her six-year tenure. In the thematic section of the report, the Special Rapporteur examines the issue of development-induced displacement.

We are deeply concerned by the worsening of violence in Port-au-Prince and the rise in human rights abuses committed by heavily armed gangs against the local population. We urge the authorities to...

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Macao Special Administrative Region of China on how it implements the provisions of the...

In his thematic report the Special Rapporteur on the right to development examines the response to and recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic from the perspective of the right to development at the global level, highlights good practices and reviews challenges in ensuring equality among countries. The Special Rapporteur concludes the report with recommendations on integrating the right to development into such response and recovery plans and policies.

Excellencies, colleagues and friends, It is my great pleasure to join this conversation. The HIV movement is a vibrant, forward-thinking movement which can legitimately take considerable credit for...