In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its resolutions 17/4, 26/22, 35/7 and 44/15, the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises highlights the need for addressing the adverse impact of business activities on human rights defenders.

Summary This report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises elaborates various ways (direct, indirect and foundational) in which...

Summary This report is an addendum to the report of the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (A/HRC/47/39), on its project...

The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolutions 32/2 and 41/18. The Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, analyses the current state of international human rights law in relation to the recognition of gender and gender identity and expression, in connection with the struggle against violence and discrimination in its different forms.

The present study is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 42/22. In it, the Working Group examines how drug policies may result in human rights violations relating to arbitrary detention and makes recommendations. It draws on the Working Group’s own jurisprudence, positions taken by other human rights mechanisms and United Nations entities and contributions submitted by States and other stakeholders.

Summary The present report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally, was prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 44/4. In the...

The Secretariat has the honor to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, prepared pursuant to Council resolutions 15/21 and 41/12. In the present report, he addresses the importance of guaranteeing access to justice in the context of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.

Summary The present report, submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 43/6, provides an account of the activities undertaken by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of...

In the present report, the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls calls for a radical shift in how situations of crisis are identified and addressed, by drawing attention to the non-enjoyment by women and girls of their basic sexual and reproductive health rights as a significant impediment to gender equality, resulting from the persistent failure of States to adequately respect, protect and fulfil those rights.

Summary In the present report, the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises provides an overview of key observations and messages...