The present report documents the rising influence of Israeli settlers on the human rights situation in the occupied territories. Part IV considers current Israeli government policy in its historical and political context. Part V considers Israeli practices in the occupied territories from September 2022 to September 2023

The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 52/36, in which the Council requested the Special Rapporteur to submit to an annual report to the General Assembly. The Special Rapporteur’s report addresses the issue of online racist hate speech.

Summary The present report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Elizabeth Salmón, is submitted pursuant to General Assembly...

Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur presents the core analysis and findings of the mandate’s Global Study on the impact of counter-terrorism measures on civil society and civic space...

In the present report, the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination aims to fill a knowledge gap amongst States and other relevant stakeholders, by providing a stocktaking of the current legal, human rights, and international humanitarian law frameworks in relation to mercenaries, mercenary-related actors, and private military and security companies.

The present report is submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 8/4 and 53/7. In the report, the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Farida Shaheed, addresses the crucial role and rights of teachers, their contribution to the full realization of the right to education, and the challenges this presents.

In the present report, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances examines how new technologies are being used against relatives of disappeared persons, their representatives and human rights defenders; can be effectively applied to facilitate the search for disappeared persons; and can be used to obtain and secure evidence of the commission of enforced disappearance.

Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 47/21, in the present report, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights places a spotlight on the right to participate in public affairs for people of African descent, recognizing that its effective implementation is key to ensuring that decision-making is informed by their lived experiences and expertise, and a prerequisite to transformative change for racial justice and equality. Furthermore, the High Commissioner provides an overview of broader developments and actions taken by States and others since July 2022.

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Alena Douhan, provides an overview of recent factual and legislative developments of overcompliance and criminal and civil penalties for circumvention of sanctions regimes; assesses the legality of some types of recent practice from the point of international law; and focuses on the humanitarian impact of secondary sanctions, as well as civil and criminal responsibility for circumvention of sanctions regimes and the consequent zero-risk policy and overcompliance, including on humanitarian work.

The present report was prepared in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 49/20, requesting the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: to prepare a report on the rights of the...