GENEVA (1 March 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities joined with the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in characterising the recent...

GENEVA (26 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the US Government to adopt wide ranging reforms to put an end to police violence, and to vigorously address systemic racism and...

GENEVA (25 February 2021) – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts* issued the following joint statement, in order to highlight the far-reaching negative human rights impacts of...

GENEVA (18 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* have welcomed a decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to ban the execution of defendants with mental health conditions. “We applaud the Supreme...

GENEVA (25 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed alarm at a growing trend to enact legislation enabling access to medically assisted dying based largely on having a disability or...

Summary In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolution 44/10, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn, provides an...

Español GENEVA (22 December 2020) – A two-month power outage in a vast informal settlement near Madrid is endangering the health of some 1,800 children, UN human rights experts* said today, calling on...

GENEVA (3 December 2020) – UN human rights experts* have called for clemency to be granted to Lisa Montgomery after the US rescheduled her execution for January 2021 amid concerns that she received...

International community must act now and together to prevent development setback, say experts GENEVA (3 December 2020) – It is critically important for States to strengthen and renew their commitment...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 3 December 2020 GENEVA (1 December 2020) – As the world looks beyond COVID-19, UN human rights experts have urged States to ensure that people with...