In the to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, emphasizes that seeds are central to people’s cultures and food systems, and to control seeds is to control life.

UN human rights experts* today called on Myanmar’s military chief to immediately halt ongoing forced evictions and home demolitions of informal settlements in Hlaing Thar Yar Township in the Yangon...

UN human rights experts* today condemned Tunisia’s recent collective expulsion of migrants and asylum seekers, pointing to allegations that they were subjected to brutal racism and arbitrarily...

UN human rights experts* today sharply condemned the recent announcement by the Israeli Government that it is advancing plans to build thousands of new housing units in its West Bank and East...

I am honoured to address this Committee to present my report on "Discrimination in the context of housing" ( A/47/408 ). This report is the first of two interrelated thematic reports I will present...

NEW YORK (26 October 2021)  - Governments around the world should adopt and actually enforce laws forbidding the discrimination that prevents women, people with disabilities, refugees, minorities and...

In this report to the General Assembly the expert undertakes a comprehensive analysis of discrimination in relation to housing and makes recommendations for its elimination.

Khmer version GENEVA (24 August 2021) – UN human rights experts have sharply criticised Cambodian authorities over the conviction of prominent human rights defender Rong Chhun, sentenced to prison...

GENEVA (16 July 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on India to halt evictions of some 100,000 people – including 20,000 children – that began this week in the midst of monsoon rains...

Summary The report undertakes and assessment of the achievements and contributions made by the Special Rapporteur at local, country and global level since the establishment of the mandate and makes...