Spanish version MADRID (7 February 2020) – Spain is utterly failing people in poverty, whose situation now ranks among the worst in the EU, said the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human...

GENEVA (5 February 2020) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, applauded a landmark ruling by the District Court of the Hague in The Netherlands today. The...

Italian version Rome, 31 January 2020 Members of the Press, ladies and gentlemen, I am addressing you today at the conclusion of my 11-day official country visit to Italy, which I carried out at the...

Italian version ROME (31 January 2020) – Despite an estimated GDP of USD 2.84 trillion, world-renowned innovative businesses, a large agriculture sector and modern manufacturing capabilities, Italy's...

Spanish version GENEVA (23 January 2020) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, will undertake a fact-finding visit to Spain from 27 January to 7 February 2020...

Summary The present report marks the close of the Special Rapporteur’s mandate and serves as her final presentation to the Human Rights Council in her official capacity. During six years, Hilal Elver...

Italian version GENEVA (16 January 2020) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, will carry out a fact-finding visit to Italy from 20 to 31 January 2020 to examine the...

Summary Vigorous economic growth and social transformation over the past 20 years have turned Azerbaijan into an impressive upper-middle-income country. The fragility of the economy because of its...

Chinese BEIJING / GENEVA (10 December 2019) – United Nations human rights expert Rosa Kornfeld-Matte today welcomed the opportunity to engage in an open dialogue with the People’s Republic of China...