GENEVA (14 September 2023) – A UN expert today urged Governments and all actors, including the private sector, to make “peace with our rivers” to ensure access to safe drinking water and sanitation...

GENEVA (12 September 2023) – A UN expert today criticised the Political Declaration for the 2023 SDG Summit, saying its recognition of the role of culture, cultural diversity and cultural rights for...

QUITO (8 September 2023) –Poverty is a root cause of the surging violence and insecurity in Ecuador, the UN’s poverty expert said today at the end of his two-week visit to the country, as he urged...

Excellencies, All protocol observed, A warm welcome to this Africa-Wide High-Level Consultation, and thanks to the African Union for co-hosting this meeting. As we mark the 75th anniversary of the...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Andorra, commending the State on having no child prisoners, while asking...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of the Dominican Republic, with Committee Experts praising the State’s progress in promoting...

Excellencies, Colleagues, Thank you for the opportunity to address this Summit and for shining a light on human rights in this plenary session. It is particularly apt, as we mark the 75th anniversary...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Albania under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, commending the...

GENEVA (4 September 2023) – The Libyan National Army must immediately cease the forcible eviction of residents and demolition of homes in the Benghazi centre and end reprisals and violence against...