GENEVA (12 October 2023) – UN independent experts* today unequivocally condemned targeted and deadly violence directed at civilians in Israel and violent and indiscriminate attacks against Palestinian...

Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my pleasure to welcome you today as you start the second session of the Working Group mandated by the Human Rights Council to elaborate an optional...

25 June 2009 GENEVA – NEW YORK -- Two United Nations human rights experts* urge the UN General Assembly to adopt human rights as a framework for analysis, action and accountability in their responses...

27 April 2009 GENEVA: The Independent Expert of the Human Rights Council on the effects of foreign debt on human rights, Cephas Lumina, will visit Norway from 28 to 30 April 2009, followed by a visit...

GENEVA -- “The international community has missed a crucial opportunity to reform the international framework on debt, for the benefit of the people on the ground,” concluded the Independent Expert on...

11 November 2008 GENEVA -- The UN Human Rights Council Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Dr. Cephas Lumina, asked the Doha Conference to prioritize human rights, and warned that...

26 June 2008 We, the United Nations Special Procedures mandate holders meeting in Geneva from 23 – 27 June 2008, wish to express our grave concern about widespread reports of recurring politically...

25 July 2005 Bernards A.N. Mudho, Independent Expert of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on the effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human...

7 June 2004 Bernards A.N. Mudho, Independent Expert of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on the effects of structural adjustment policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all...