MORNING 30 June 2023 Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Opinion and of Expression, Starts Interactive Dialogue with the Special...

GENEVA (30 June 2023) – In the face of increased repression and serious human rights violations against protesters and activists around the world, victims have been denied justice while perpetrators...

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Brazil on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political...

The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and thirty-eighth session in Geneva, during which it will examine the reports of Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Cyprus, Lesotho, the State of...

Interviews with people who have fled El-Geneina, West Darfur, into Adre in Chad have revealed horrifying accounts of armed “Arab” militia backed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killing people...

GENEVA (23 June 2023) – Closing the gap between the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals to leave no one behind and its realisation on the ground, requires urgent action to reinforce respect...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, presents a compilation of general principles, practical recommendations and positive actions on how to create and maintain, in law and in practice, an enabling environment for the enjoyment of civil society organizations’ right to access resources.

Tunisia: UN Human Rights Chief calls on authorities to stop restricting media freedoms and criminalizing independent journalism GENEVA (23 June 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker...