GENEVA (27 JUNE 2023) – A UN expert today called for full legal protection for people displaced by the impacts of climate change in order to guarantee their human rights. “The effects of climate...

GENEVA (16 June 2023) – The world must do more to combat desertification and land degradation, which have enormous human rights consequences, the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment...

GENEVA (16 May 2023) – On the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, a group of UN and regional human rights experts called on States to address racism and...

GENEVA (11 May 2023) – All parties to hostilities in Sudan must immediately end the fighting, cease targeting the civilian population and infrastructure and resume negotiations towards a civilian-led...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change considers various international, regional and national legal and policy approaches to address people displaced across international borders due to climate change.

GENEVA (4 April 2023): UN experts* today expressed solidarity with the people of Malawi in the wake of devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy that has killed and injured hundreds, creating an...

GENEVA (23 March 2023) – States must take drastic action and accelerate climate ambitions without delay, in line with recommendations by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN...

GENEVA / NEW YORK (21 March 2023) – Water should be managed as a common good not a commodity, UN experts* said today. They urged States to ensure that human rights and water defenders be placed at the...

GENEVA (06 January 2023) – UN experts said today that a sharp increase in the use of the racist “N” word on Twitter after its recent acquisition highlights the urgent need for a deeper level of...

US sanctions are contributing to environmental harm in Iran and preventing all people in Iran, including migrants and Afghan refugees, from fully enjoying their rights to health and life and...