GENEVA (9 October 2020) – On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child, UN human rights experts* have highlighted the vulnerabilities of girls in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and...

GENEVA (24 August 2020) – Chile should drop criminal charges against a feminist group of human rights defenders whose performance art has inspired women protestors around the world, UN human rights...

For her 2020 thematic report to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur addressed the cultural and cultural rights dimensions of the current climate emergency, which have too often been overlooked.

GENEVA (31 July 2020) – The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul should be maintained as an inter-cultural space reflecting the diversity and complexity of Turkey and its history, and preserving the outstanding...

中文 GENEVA (26 June 2020) – UN independent experts have repeatedly communicated with the Government of the People’s Republic of China their alarm regarding the repression of fundamental freedoms in...

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...

​French | ​Spanish Statement by human rights experts on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 17 May 2020 Geneva/Washington D.C./Strasbourg, 14 May 2020 On the eve of the...

Summary The Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights visited Poland from 24 September to 5 October 2018, at the invitation of the Government. The purpose of the visit was to understand, in a...

GENEVA (16 April 2020) – Poland must reject two bills before parliament one of which could be used to make sexuality education of children an offence punishable by jail and the other would further...

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....