GABORONE (12 October 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment praised Botswana for being a world leader in biodiversity conservation with more than 40% of its land...

NEW YORK (28 July 2022) – A UN expert hailed the adoption of a historic resolution by the United Nations General Assembly today, recognising for the first time, that everyone, everywhere, has a human...

GENEVA (15 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* have expressed grave concerns about continuous encroachment on traditional Maasai lands and housing, accompanied by a lack of transparency in, and...

GENEVA (10 February 2022) - UN human rights experts* today urged Sweden not to issue a licence for an iron-ore mine in the Gállok region, home of the indigenous Sámi people, saying the open-pit mine...

​ Español GENEVA (19 June 2020) – UN experts* today expressed concern over proposals to substitute Guatemala's highest-ranking institution on women's rights and urged the Government to uphold its...

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...

​Romanian version BUCHAREST (6 March 2020) – Romania, despite having undertaken laudable reforms and measures to ensure gender equality, must do more to ensure equality for all women and girls, said a...