BELGRADE / GENEVA (14 October 2016) – “I am concerned at the high level of politicization of cultural heritage issues in Serbia and in Kosovo,” said United Nations human rights expert Karima Bennoune...

GENEVA / BELGRADE / PRISTINA (29 September 2016) – United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights Karima Bennoune will visit Serbia and Kosovo* from 3 to 14 October 2016 to assess...

GENEVA (22 September 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, today called on the United States to halt the construction of the Dakota...

GENEVA (19 August 2016) – A group of United Nations human rights experts urged today the Turkish Government to uphold its obligations under international human rights law, even in the current time of...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights sets out a human rights approach, which she has developed, to the intentional destruction of cultural heritage, in conflict and non-conflict situations, by States and non-State actors

GENEVA (24 June 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, and on freedom of expression, David Kaye, today called on the Government of the Islamic Republic of...

3 – 14 October 2016 (*) Throughout this document, the reference to Kosovo shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) and without prejudice to...

“We cannot let it go bankrupt” – Two key UN rights bodies urge crucial funding for regional rights organ GENEVA (3 June 2016) – The two largest independent bodies and mechanisms in the United Nations...

Nicosia, 2 June 2016 I am pleased to share my preliminary observations at the end of the 10-day official visit I carried out in my capacity as UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, at...

NICOSIA / GENEVA (2 June 2016) – “The current political situation in Cyprus creates many obstacles to the exercise of cultural rights”, said United Nations human rights expert Karima Bennoune at the...