UN human rights experts today strongly and unequivocally condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defence, Benny Gantz, to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups as...

GENEVA (19 October 2021) – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts issued the following joint statement, in order to highlight the serious negative impact that financialisation has...

International Safe Abortion Day 28 September 2021 On the International Safe Abortion Day, a group of UN experts* stress that abortion is essential health care and a human right. Denial of access to...

UNGA76 Virtual Ministerial Side Event 21 September 2021, 12:00 -13:30 p.m. (EDT) Excellencies, Distinguished colleagues, As Chair of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, I...

Women’s full participation in Afghanistan’s public and political life as a guarantee of their fundamental human rights 15 September 2021 Afghanistan’s international human rights obligations Despite...

GENEVA (15 September 2021) - Women’s full and equal participation in public and political life in Afghanistan is essential to addressing the multiple crises confronting the country and must be seen as...

GENEVA (14 September 2021) - UN human rights experts* today deplored a statement to the media by a Taliban official on 8 September that women would not be allowed to participate in sport, warning that...

GENEVA (14 September 2021) – UN human rights experts* today denounced a recently enacted law that effectively bans abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy and includes an unprecedented provision...

GENEVA (3 September 2021) - A group of UN human rights experts* today called on all States to provide urgent protection to Afghan journalists and media workers who fear for their lives and are seeking...

All societies must collectively reject religious violence – experts GENEVA (20 August 2021) – On the occasion of International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or...