GENEVA (23 November 2023) – UN experts* today expressed alarm at the worldwide wave of attacks, reprisals, criminalisation and sanctions against those who publicly express solidarity with the victims...

GENEVA (19 December 2023) – On International Migrants Day, which this year coincides with the 75 th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Committee on the Protection of the...

GENEVA (23 November 2023) – UN experts* today expressed alarm at the worldwide wave of attacks, reprisals, criminalisation and sanctions against those who publicly express solidarity with the victims...

In its resolution 49/7 entitled “Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage”, the Human Rights Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in consultation...

GENEVA (26 September 2023) – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over allegations of a significant expansion of Xinjiang's State-run boarding school system, which fails to provide education in...

Madame Vice-President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Human rights are a global public good. They are not – and never have been – ‘nice-to-haves’ to be cherry picked at will. Fifty-seven years...

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...

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...

GENEVA (1 September 2023) – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over a new draft law, currently under review in the Iranian parliament, which imposes a series of new punishments on women and...

This is the second of two consecutive reports to the General Assembly presented by the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki, addressing cultural rights in development frameworks. The Special Rapporteur emphasizes that international development and trade organizations are currently failing to respect cultural rights.