GENEVA (16 March 2017) – A fresh call for prompt action to protect people with albinism in Malawi is being made by a UN rights expert following a number of attacks, including several this year across...

GENEVA (3 March 2017) – A United Nations human rights expert has welcomed the conviction in South Africa of a man who masterminded the murder and dismemberment of the body parts of a woman with...

GENEVA (3 March 2017) – A UN expert is calling for enhanced oversight of traditional healers to protect people with albinism from being attacked and mutilated so that their body parts could be used in...

AFTERNOON GENEVA (3 March 2017) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Catalina Devandas Aguilar, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with...

GENEVA (21 December 2016) – Three Special Procedures mandate holders* consider it appropriate to issue an opinion complementary to the communiqué which was published in the name of special procedures...

It is time to move from law to practice in the implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities GENEVA (13 December 2016) – A United Nations human rights expert has urged States to redouble...

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 10th anniversary – Tuesday 13 December GENEVA (13 December 2016) – States must urgently step up their work to ensure that persons with...