Portuguese GENEVA (3 August 2018) – A group of UN human rights experts* is urging Brazil to reconsider its economic austerity programme and put the human rights of its population, who are suffering...

GENEVA (26 July 2018) – UN human rights experts* have condemned the massive eviction of residents of the Kibera informal settlement in southwest Nairobi, and are urging the Kenyan authorities to halt...

Russian | Ukrainian GENEVA (18 July 2018) – Ukraine must take immediate action to stop what amounts to a “systematic persecution” of the country’s Roma minority, who have been targeted in a series of...

GENEVA (20 June 2018) – Hungary’s move to make homelessness a crime is cruel and incompatible with international human rights law, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing said. In...

GENEVA (31 May 2018) - UN human rights experts have expressed grave concerns about an Israeli court’s decision on 24 May to uphold a plan by the Government of Israel to demolish the entire Palestinian...

Korean version SEOUL/GENEVA (23 May 2018) – United Nations expert, Leilani Farha, urged national and local governments of South Korea to shift their approach to housing and homelessness to meet...

Korean vesion Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context Ms. Leilani Farha 23 May 2018...

French | Spanish Statement by human rights experts on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia - 17 May 2018 Banjul/Geneva/Strasbourg/Washington, D.C., 16 May 2018 On the eve...

Korean GENEVA/SEOUL (11 May 2018) – UN human rights expert Leilani Farha will visit South Korea from 14 to 23 May to assess achievements and challenges in the realisation of the right to adequate...

GENEVA (17 April 2018) - UN human rights experts have condemned the continued use of firearms, including live ammunition, by Israeli security forces against mostly unarmed Palestinian protesters and...