GENEVA (28 February 2022) - UN human rights experts* today urged Madagascar to take immediate action to protect people with albinism amid reports of ongoing attacks and killings in the country....

GENEVA (17 January 2022) - Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls, a group of UN human rights...

The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolution 44/10 by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn.

UN human rights experts* today urgently appealed to Singapore to definitively halt the execution of Malaysian national Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam, known as Naga, who has psychosocial disabilities...

NEW YORK (21 October 2021) – The scourge of armed conflict disproportionally affects people with disabilities, a UN human rights expert said today, calling on States to ensure that people with...

GENEVA (16 August 2021) - UN human rights experts* today issued a statement calling on Member States to take immediate and preventive action to prevent the slaughter of civilians, the destruction of...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn, examines the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in the context of armed conflict.

GENEVA (21 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* urged the Holy See to take all necessary measures to stop and prevent the recurrence of violence and sexual abuse against children in Catholic...

New York, 17 June 2021 Thank you ambassador, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates and participants, I would like to begin by thanking the Bureau for the invitation to participate in this interactive...