GENEVA (2 November 2023) – UN experts* today expressed shock over the death of 16-year-old Armita Geravand, who was hospitalised after collapsing on a subway in Tehran on 1 October, allegedly...

GENEVA (2 November 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Ian Fry, will visit the Philippines from 6 to 15 November 2023...

GENEVA (31 October 2023) – Expressing grave concern about structural barriers to sport faced by women and girls in all of their diversity, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and other gender diverse...

GENEVA (31 October 2023) – A UN poverty expert today called on the CEOs of Amazon, DoorDash and Walmart to address allegations that wages at the US-based corporations are trapping workers in poverty...

TEGUCIGALPA / GENEVA (31 October 2023) — The legal and judicial system in Honduras has failed to ensure justice and accountability for the most serious crimes and threats to the safety of human rights...

GENEVA (31 October 2023) – UN experts* today demanded the immediate release of women human rights defenders Neda Parwan and Zholia Parsi, who have been detained by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities...

NEW YORK (31 October 2023) – The United Nations and the international community have failed to focus efforts where they are most needed: on preventing conflict and ensuring equal protection of the...

GENEVA (30 October 2023) ̶ The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Ashwini K.P. will conduct her first official visit to the United States of America between 31 October and 14...

GENEVA (27 October 2023) – Laotian authorities must not deport people, including human rights defenders, to countries where there are substantial grounds to believe that they would face an imminent...

NEW YORK (27 October 2023) – The vast majority of countries that have laws and policies targeting individuals based on their sexual orientation or gender identity have inherited these practices from...