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...

Español GENEVA (20 November 2020) – Ahead of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, UN human rights experts* today called on Mexican authorities to protect, not attack, women who...

Русский GENEVA (19 November 2020) – UN human rights experts* said today they were gravely concerned by increased reports of mass detentions, intimidation and torture, and called on authorities to...

GENEVA (16 November 2020) – UN human rights experts* today expressed concerns about tightening restrictions on civil society in Cambodia, and called for an immediate end to the systematic detention...

Persian GENEVA (13 November 2020) – UN human rights experts* today welcomed the temporary release on 7 November 2020 of Iranian woman human rights defender and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, and urged...

GENEVA (11 November 2020) – Human rights experts* today expressed concern that the Serbian authorities are using oversight powers designed to target the financing of terrorism to obtain banking...

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...

GENEVA (5 November 2020) – UN human rights experts today called on the Bosnian government to investigate a smear campaign and death threats against a woman human rights defender working for the rights...

GENEVA (2 November 2020) – Independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council today criticised Belarus for persecuting women human rights defenders in the context of the mass protests taking...

GENEVA (22 October 2020) – UN human rights experts* urged today the Thai government to guarantee the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly and free speech and called for an end to a crackdown on...