Summary The Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Saad Alfarargi, is submitting the present report to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolutions 33/14 and 42/23. In the report...

GENEVA (25 June 2020) – The unprecedented decision by the United States Government to target and sanction individual staff of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a direct attack to the...

GENEVA (25 June 2020) – One year ago, 11 UN human rights experts jointly called on the Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigation into human rights violations in the Philippines...

June 5, 2020 This statement is issued by independent experts* of the Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council: The recent killing of George Floyd has shocked many in the world...

Chinese | Spanish GENEVA (30 April 2020) – UN human rights experts* today called on the United States to lift its economic and financial embargo on Cuba that is obstructing humanitarian responses to...

Spanish GENEVA (9 April 2020) – Governments worldwide and the international financial institutions should remain true to their commitment under the 2030 agenda and to their promise “to leave no one...

Spanish GENEVA (27 March 2020) – Society has a duty to exercise solidarity and better protect older persons who are bearing the lion's share of the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN human rights expert said....

GENEVA (26 March 2020) – The COVID-19 crisis cannot be solved with public health and emergency measures only; all other human rights must be addressed too, UN human rights experts* said today....

Arabic | Chinese | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (23 March 2020) – As washing hands with soap and clean water is vital in the fight against COVID-19, governments worldwide must provide continuous access to...

Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (16 March 2020) – UN human rights experts* today urged States to avoid overreach of security measures in their response to the coronavirus outbreak...