Human Rights Council MORNING 26 June 2019 Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Mandate Holders on the Human Rights of Migrants and on Human Rights and International Solidarity The Human Rights Council...

AFTERNOON Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Right to Health and on Eliminating Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy GENEVA (25 June 2019) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon...

GENEVA (20 May 2019) – UN human rights experts* have condemned a proposed draft decree by Italy’s interior minister, Matteo Salvini, to fine those who rescue migrants and refugees at sea, and urged...

Summary The Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, Obiora Chinedu Okafor, presents his report on his visit to the Netherlands from 5 to 13 November 2018, in accordance with...

Summary The Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, Obiora Chinedu Okafor, visited Sweden from 23 to 27 April 2018, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 35/3...

Summary In this report, the Independent Expert engages with the question of compliance under both general international law and international human rights law of the criminalization and suppression of...

GENEVA (1 April 2019) – UN human rights experts* have called on States, international organisations and private actors to show solidarity with Southern Africa countries after Cyclone Idai left...

Climate Change and Human Rights 6 December 2018 - As independent experts of the UN Human Rights Council*, we call on States to fully integrate human rights standards and principles in the rules for...

GENEVA (4 December 2018) – UN human rights experts* have issued an urgent call to intensify efforts to combat economic inequality and discrimination. In a statement marking the 32nd anniversary of the...

​Spanish GENEVA (28 November 2018) – Migrants and other persons in mobility, such as refugees and asylum seekers, travelling in caravans from Central America towards Mexico and the United States of...