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...

​French | ​Spanish Statement by human rights experts on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 17 May 2020 Geneva/Washington D.C./Strasbourg, 14 May 2020 On the eve of the...

Myanmar version GENEVA / BANGKOK (29 April 2020) – A UN human rights expert today called for an investigation into allegations of ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Myanmar’s Rakhine...

Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (17 April 2020) – UN Human rights experts* have expressed grave concern at the multiplication of accounts of police killings and other acts of...

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...

Chinese | French | Spanish GENEVA (9 April 2020) – The independent human rights expert who monitors Myanmar has condemned the crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression and access to information...

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....

10 March 2020 Madam President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to address you from Seoul in these highly unusual times, on the occasion of the presentation of my last...