VALLETTA (7 JULY 2023) – Malta has made significant progress on achieving gender equality, especially women’s economic participation, but concerns remain about challenges rooted in discriminatory...

GENEVA (7 July 2023) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, CERD, today adopted a statement on the situation in France, expressing its concerns and making a number of...

GENEVA (4 July 2023) – UN human rights experts* are asking Türkiye not to deport over 100 members of a persecuted religious minority who were detained at the Turkish-Bulgarian border last month. They...

From July to October 2023, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is holding online regional consultations to seek comments and discuss on its draft general recommendation No. 37 on...

In response to press queries We are concerned by the killing of a 17-year-old of North African descent by police in France on Tuesday. We note that an investigation has been launched into alleged...

Born in the Balkans in 80's and raised amidst war in the 90's, Milan Markovic saw first had deprivation and discrimination. He says, "keep doing the simple stuff that contributes to the human rights...

GENEVA (23 June 2023) – A UN expert group on discrimination against women and girls will conduct its first official visit to Malta from 26 June to 7 July 2023. During the visit, the experts will...

More than four decades after its adoption, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women remains an essential and ambitious guide for achieving gender equality across...

GENEVA (19 June 2023) – Relentless edicts issued by the Taliban since taking power in Afghanistan in August 2021 have severely restricted the rights of women and girls and suffocated every dimension...

Distinguished President, Your Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, Let me start by bidding a special welcome to the Afghan women and girls participating in today’s dialogue and to those joining us...