Русский International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 2020 GENEVA (23 November 2020) – The COVID-19 pandemic is overshadowing the pandemic of femicides and gender-based...

Français | Español “COVID-19 pandemic and the human rights to water and sanitation” This year, we celebrate World Toilet Day amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which underscores the vital need to guarantee...

9 November 2020 To date, there have been more than 49 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and over 1.2 million deaths reported to WHO. 1 This disease continues to prove more deadly than anticipated...

GENEVA (9 November 2020) – UN human rights experts today criticised countries that are trying to monopolise any future vaccine against COVID-19, saying the only way to fight the pandemic is to make...

Español GENEVA (9 November 2020) - UN human rights experts* welcomed the impending entry into force of the first environmental human rights treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean, known as the...

16 September 2020 Mr. President, distinguished delegates, representatives of civil society, fellow Rapporteurs, ladies and gentlemen. Today, I have the honour to introduce my annual thematic report...

GENEVA (16 September 2020) – Countries need to put more resources into development both around the world and within their own countries, and need to work with communities most in need, the UN’s...

Español GENEVA (20 August 2020) – The Government of Chile must not prioritise avocado plantations and electricity generation over the rights to health and water of its people, and businesses should...

The Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Saad Alfarargi, visited Switzerland from 23 September to 2 October 2019. The main objective of the visit was to assess the advancement of the right to development in Switzerland and to identify remaining challenges, with a view to formulating recommendations to the Government and other stakeholders who are working towards implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.