The report is submitted to the Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples pursuant to his mandate under Human Rights Council Resolution 42/20. In the report, the Special Rapporteur provides a thematic analysis of indigenous women and the development, application, preservation and transmission of scientific and technical knowledge.

GENEVA (8 August 2022) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the extensive, prolonged and repeated use of state of emergency measures since 2 April 2022 by Sri Lankan authorities to crackdown on...

GENEVA (8 August 2022) – The preservation of indigenous peoples’ communities, values and ways of life depend on indigenous women and girls regaining their roles as leaders within their communities, a...

Date: 8 August 2022 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 7 August 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

The Secretary General’s report provides information on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 75/183. It discusses developments towards the abolition of the death penalty and the establishment of moratoriums on executions and highlights trends in the use of the death penalty, including the application of international standards relating to the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty.

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and seventh session in Geneva, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Benin, Nicaragua...

The Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Livingstone Sewanyana, focuses his fifth thematic report to the Human Rights Council on some of the main...