GENEVA (1 December 2023) – The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is a poignant reminder that contemporary forms of slavery – including forced labour, forced marriage, domestic servitude...

GENEVA (30 November 2023) – As COP28 begins, UN human rights experts urged States to accelerate the just and equitable phase out of fossil fuels, warning about the immense magnitude of their negative...

GENEVA (16 November 2023) – Grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to a genocide in the making, UN experts said today...

HANOI (15 November 2023) – Viet Nam’s efforts to achieve economic development and reduce poverty deserve recognition, but the country should do more to facilitate the participation of people in...

GENEVA (6 November 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Surya Deva, will conduct an official visit to Viet Nam from 6 to 15 November 2023. During his first country visit...

NEW YORK (13 October 2023) – To realise the right to development and overcome multiple challenges of poverty, inequality, intersectional discrimination, the digital divide, the triple planetary crisis...

GENEVA (12 October 2023) – UN independent experts* today unequivocally condemned targeted and deadly violence directed at civilians in Israel and violent and indiscriminate attacks against Palestinian...

GENEVA (5 October 2023) – UN human rights experts* today urged all Australians to unite in support of the creation of a permanent constitutional body of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples...

GENEVA (20 September 2023) – The current development model leaves too many people behind and ignores the planetary boundaries, a UN expert said today, calling for a new model of planet-centred...

GENEVA (20 September 2023) – The serious adverse impacts of the unsound management of chemicals and wastes are fuelling an unprecedented global toxic emergency, UN experts* said today. On the occasion...