NEW YORK (25 October 2022) – UN experts today called on States and businesses to take steps to ensure that business engagement with political processes do not lead to human rights abuses. When...

New York (25 October 20022) – An international, democratic fiscal architecture is essential to address losses through illicit financial flows that reduce resources essential for social policies and...

Key Messages Global context Multiple crises worldwide and people experiencing significant upheaval (water, energy and food insecurity; financial instability and soaring inflation; conflict; triple...

About the event In 2011, the UN Human Rights Council unanimously endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), which have strengthened its position as the authoritative...

BUENOS AIRES (5 October 20022) – Argentina has shown resilience in the face of a chronic debt situation over the past 40 years as the country journeyed towards democracy, upholding of human rights and...

GENEVA (23 September 2022)– The UN Independent Expert on foreign debt, other financial obligations and human rights, Attiya Waris, will conduct a country visit to Argentina from 26 September to 5...

GENEVA (19 September 2022) – A UN expert today called on the United States to allow the shipment to Venezuela of spare parts for electron microscopes vital for detecting disease and conducting crucial...

GENEVA (14 September 2022) – A proliferation of secondary sanctions has resulted in a growing fear of sanctions and over-compliance with unilateral sanction regimes, leading to serious adverse effects...

This report focuses on exploring more effective and fair mechanisms to use public resources to guarantee human rights for all by tackling the uncontrolled growth of the wealth of a few, which is deepening inequalities and addresses the issue of international tax governance through the creation and development of a global United Nations-led tax convention and a global tax body using a human rights lens.

GENEVA (6 September 2022) – UN experts today expressed concern that the decision to cut lines of communication and correspondence to and from Russia and Belarus following unilateral sanctions were...