Excellencies, Distinguished panellists, Distinguished delegates, participants I am grateful for the invitation to join this panel. At the same time, I am disheartened by the need to continue having...

GENEVA (3 March 2021) - A UN human rights expert today called for urgent reforms to the international debt architecture, saying the ‘big three’ credit rating agencies had excessive influence over...

Sinhala | Tamil United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly...

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...

​Japanese version GENEVA (24 May 2018) – UN human rights experts* are urging the Government of Japan to review a series of planned benefit cuts which threaten the minimum social protection for the...

Russian | Ukranian version s Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly...

Ukranian version GENEVA/KYIV (10 May 2018) – United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt, other financial obligations and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, will conduct an official visit to...

GENEVA (9 November 2017) – International corporations responsible for systematic tax abuse should be downgraded by rating agencies and investment funds in their environmental, social and governance...

Spanish GENEVA (30 October 2017) - Puerto Rico remains without an effective emergency response more than a month after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, a group of UN human rights experts* has...

Bern, 4 October 2017 Today marks the last day of my 10 day visit to Switzerland. I would like to take this opportunity to share some of the preliminary finding and recommendations. Before going any...