GENEVA/NEW YORK (25 May 2020) – Four UN experts* on children's rights urge States to protect all children from sale, sexual exploitation and recruitment and use in hostilities with immediacy, and call...

​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...

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GENEVA (8 April 2020) – The UN child rights committee has applauded Denmark’s decision to grant asylum to the mother of six Syrian refugee children living in the country. The Danish government’s...

Arabic | Chinese | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (24 March 2020) – The Chairpersons of the 10 UN Treaty Bodies* on Tuesday urged global leaders to ensure that human rights are respected in government...

APIA (10 March 2020) — The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its findings on the countries it examined during its session in Samoa from 2 to 6 March: Cook Islands, Federated States...