Geneva, 8 March 2022 -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Federico Villegas (Argentina), today announced the appointment of Gaynel Diana Curry (Bahamas), Huang Hongjiang (China)...

In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 41/24, the Social Forum was held in Geneva on 8 and 9 October 2020. Participants considered good practices, success stories, lessons learned and...

GENEVA (16 June 2020) – The agreement by the new coalition Government of Israel to annex significant parts of the occupied Palestinian West Bank after 1 July would violate a cornerstone principle of...

GENEVA (6 March 2020) – A group of UN experts* has called on men around the world to be a part of movements for gender equality and become women´s human rights defenders. "Now more than ever," they...

French ABIDJAN / GENEVA (7 June 2017) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Côte d’Ivoire, Mohammed Ayat, will undertake his sixth and final visit in the country...

ABIDJAN / GENEVA (20 January 2017) – The United Nations Independent Expert on capacity building and technical cooperation for Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights, Mohammed Ayat, today examined...

10th anniversary of the ‘Probo Koala incident’ - Friday 19 August 2016 GENEVA (17 August 2016) – Speaking ahead of the 10th anniversary of the illegal dumping of toxic waste in Côte d’Ivoire, a group...

“We cannot let it go bankrupt” – Two key UN rights bodies urge crucial funding for regional rights organ GENEVA (3 June 2016) – The two largest independent bodies and mechanisms in the United Nations...

Human Rights Day – Thursday 10 December 2015 GENEVA (9 December 2015) – Speaking ahead of Human Rights Day 2015, the largest body of independent experts of the United Nations Human Rights system...