GENEVA (17 February 2022) – The UN Expert on Human Rights in the Sudan, Adama Dieng, will on Sunday begin his first official visit to the country, a month after the visit was postponed at the request...

GENEVA (24 March 2021) - Three UN rights committees have applauded Argentina’s decision earlier this month to derogate a decree* which allowed expedited expulsion of migrants without due process. The...

June 5, 2020 This statement is issued by independent experts* of the Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council: The recent killing of George Floyd has shocked many in the world...

GENEVA (3 June 2020) – UN experts* said today that accountability and justice for the 3 June 2019 victims of the deadly attack on peaceful protesters in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, are essential for...

Spanish GENEVA (9 April 2020) – Governments worldwide and the international financial institutions should remain true to their commitment under the 2030 agenda and to their promise “to leave no one...

Spanish GENEVA (27 March 2020) – Society has a duty to exercise solidarity and better protect older persons who are bearing the lion's share of the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN human rights expert said....

GENEVA (26 March 2020) – The COVID-19 crisis cannot be solved with public health and emergency measures only; all other human rights must be addressed too, UN human rights experts* said today....

Experts urge leaders to redouble peace efforts ahead of February 22 deadline Johannesburg/Geneva (20 February 2020) – Millions of South Sudanese civilians have been deliberately deprived of access to...