GENEVA (8 March 2022) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Russian Federation to immediately end its invasion of Ukraine to avoid further bloodshed and loss of life. The experts said...

GENEVA (1 March 2022) - UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Iran to abandon its efforts to enact a new law that would effectively isolate the country from the global internet. The...

GENEVA (28 February 2022) - UN human rights experts* today called on the Russian Federation to immediately end its aggression against Ukraine and call off its unnecessary and unprovoked military...

GENEVA - UN experts* today welcomed the cultural heritage status bestowed on Lima’s "El Ojo que Llora" (The Eye That Cries) monument, built in memory of the thousands of victims from Peru’s decades...

GENEVA - Barbuda’s fragile and biodiverse natural site of Palmetto Point, recognised as a wetland of international importance by the Ramsar Convention, remains at risk, with serious human rights...

In her first report as newly appointed Special Rapporteur, Ms Alexandra Xanthaki presents an overview of her vision for the mandate. Building on the important work conducted by her predecessors, the Special Rapporteur recalls important aspects in the evolution of the nature and scope of cultural rights and reflects on the corresponding States’ obligations, highlights the positive nature of culture and the empowering force of cultural rights and identifies a preliminary list of issues she intends to address during her tenure.

GENEVA (26 January 2022) - On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, UN human rights experts* reiterate their calls to combat antisemitism and all forms of religious and racial...

GENEVA (17 January 2022) - Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls, a group of UN human rights...

GENEVA (14 December 2021) - A UN expert today warned that the imminent dissolution of two prominent human rights organisations in Russia could signal a move by the authorities to outlaw the work of...

UN human rights experts* have issued an urgent call for greater transparency and rigorous follow up to the outcomes of COP26 in a statement marking the 35th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right...