GENEVA (14 February 2020) – An independent expert appointed by the Human Rights Council applauded the release of a database on business enterprises involved in certain activities relating to Israeli...

GENEVA (31 January 2020) - The Trump plan on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a lopsided proposal entirely in favour of one side to the conflict, said Michael Lynk, the UN Special Rapporteur on the...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 29 November 2019 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its review of the combined fourteenth to seventeenth...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 14 October 2019 Holds Panel Discussions on Concerns Related to Land by Indigenous Peoples and other Vulnerable Groups, Land Rights and Conflicts, and...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 14 October 2019 Holds Two Panels on Pressures on Land and Speculation, and on Protection of Security of Land Tenure, including Gender Dimensions The...

GENEVA (18 March 2019) – Israel’s exploitation of natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for its own use is in direct violation of its legal responsibilities as an occupying power...

Law affects traditional communities who passed down land for generations Revenues from resource extraction going to army and its allies Alleged crimes committed in Myanmar must be referred to ICC...

This publication provides crucial guidance on delineating the human rights dimensions of access to and control over land. It contains an annotated collection of case law relevant to the various...

This joint OHCHR-UN Women publication focuses on the question of accountability, understood from a human rights perspective. It aims to provide detailed guidance to support the adoption and effective...