Geneva, 29 November 2022. Courageous women human rights defenders have helped shape a freer and more equal world. They have challenged the centuries-old patriarchy, discrimination and inequality that...

GENEVA (29 November 2022) – The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights will undertake its first country visit to Luxembourg from 1 to 9 December to assess efforts to identify, prevent and...

GENEVA (29 November 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Marcos Orellana, will visit Ghana from 30 November to 13 December 2022 to assess the country’s human rights situation...

Date: 28 November 2022 1 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 27 November 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

The sharing and exchange of ideas, thoughts and information are the spark of human interaction, enabling us to debate, to share, to grow. To express our humanity. Information and communication...

LONDON (28 November 2022) -- If the Government of South Sudan is serious about tackling sexual violence it should immediately remove from office and investigate Governors and County Commissioners...

GENEVA (28 November 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki, will make an official visit to Germany from today, 28 November, to 9 December. Xanthaki will...

GENEVA (28 November 2022) – UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor will assess the situation of human rights defenders in Tajikistan during an official visit to the country from today, 28 November to 9...

SAN JOSE (25 November 2022) – A UN expert today welcomed Costa Rica’s steps to eliminate contemporary forms of slavery but urged the Government and businesses to do more to ensure marginalised groups...

BUENOS AIRES/GENEVA (25 November 2022) – Argentina’s exemplary democratic and human rights achievements are in contrast to persistent – and mostly invisible – institutional violence resulting in...