GENEVA (27 October 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, will undertake a human rights fact-finding mission to Lebanon from 1 to 12 November 2021...

GENEVA (26 October 2021) – Israel's decision to designate six Palestinian civil society organizations as "terrorist organizations" is an attack on human rights defenders, on freedoms of association...

NEW YORK (26 October 2021) – A steep rise in discrimination and harsh rhetoric have put people who do not conform to gender norms – lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and gender-diverse people –...

Every person's universal and absolute right not to be arbitrarily deprived of life requires that all potentially unlawful deaths be investigated, a UN human rights expert told the General Assembly...

The Committee on Human Rights today concluded its review of the eighth periodic report of Ukraine on measures taken to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, inquiring...

I am honoured to address this Committee to present my report on "Discrimination in the context of housing" ( A/47/408 ). This report is the first of two interrelated thematic reports I will present...

NEW YORK (26 October 2021)  - Governments around the world should adopt and actually enforce laws forbidding the discrimination that prevents women, people with disabilities, refugees, minorities and...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the combined eighth to tenth periodic report of Egypt, welcoming the lifting of the state of...

New York/São Paulo (Virtual), 25 October 2021 Monsieur le Président de l'Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies, Excellencies, Colleagues, Mesdames et Messieurs, Last month, we presented our 36th report...

Distinguished Chair, Members of the Working Group, Excellencies, Colleagues, It is a pleasure to open the seventh session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational...