GENEVA (19 December 2023 ) UN experts today emphasised the need for the international community to support civil society groups expressing international solidarity in pursuit of peace and social...

GENEVA (1 December 2023) – The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is a poignant reminder that contemporary forms of slavery – including forced labour, forced marriage, domestic servitude...

GENEVA (30 November 2023) – As COP28 begins, UN human rights experts urged States to accelerate the just and equitable phase out of fossil fuels, warning about the immense magnitude of their negative...

GENEVA (16 November 2023) – Grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to a genocide in the making, UN experts said today...

GENEVA (12 October 2023) – UN independent experts* today unequivocally condemned targeted and deadly violence directed at civilians in Israel and violent and indiscriminate attacks against Palestinian...

GENEVA (27 September 2023) – UN experts* today urged the government of the United States of America to end the prolonged pre-trial detention of Alex Nain Saab Morán, a Venezuelan Special Envoy...

GENEVA (20 September 2023) – The serious adverse impacts of the unsound management of chemicals and wastes are fuelling an unprecedented global toxic emergency, UN experts* said today. On the occasion...

GENEVA (12 September 2023) – UN human rights experts* today called for an urgent change of course to accelerate progress to achieve the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals as world...

The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 51/11 and General Assembly resolution 77/215. In the report, the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Livingstone Sewanyana, focuses on the opportunities and challenges faced by youth in participating and engaging in intergovernmental forums.