The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (the “Special Committee”)...

Addressing the gender dimensions of trafficking in persons in the context of climate change, displacement and disaster risk reduction.

This report addresses the issue of discrimination on grounds of socio-economic disadvantage. Discrimination is part of the daily experience of people in poverty. It restricts access to employment, education, housing or social services, among others.

GENEVA / ANKARA (15 July 2022) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, will visit Türkiye from 18 to 27 July 2022...

In this report the Special Rapporteur analyses how even when most of the world’s population living in extreme poverty live in rural areas, far from urban centres, they are marginalized from political decisions. He showcases how traditional peasant cultures sustainably manage aquatic ecosystems and promote integrated community-based water management models. Likewise, it reflects on how the expansion of large agro-livestock, mining, forestry, and tourism, based on land- and watergrabbing, together with the lack of basic infrastructure and government support, is challenging these communities’ human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.

GENEVA (15 July 2022) – UN experts* today condemned reports of escalating violence against foreign nationals in South Africa and called for accountability against xenophobia, racism and hate speech...

GENEVA (15 July 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will begin an official mission to Peru on Monday, 18 July, during which she will hold discussions on the country’s human...

GENEVA/TUNIS (15 July 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo will conduct a country visit to the Republic of Tunisia from 18 to...

GABORONE (15 July 2022) – Botswana has made improvements on preventing and ending arbitrary deprivation of liberty, but significant challenges remain in further developing and implementing a legal...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur, Alena F. Douhan, provides an overview and assessment of secondary sanctions as a means of enforcing unilateral sanctions extraterritorially.