GENEVA (28 April 2023) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) found that Mexico had not taken the required legislative, administrative and other measures, including...

In the report, she examines the gaps and challenges in fulfilling the obligations of the State to eliminate violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, and recommends measures for preventing and combating violence against women and girls in the country.

International Women’s Day 2023 recognizes the critical contributions of women human rights defenders and feminist movements, who use the transformative power of digital technology to connect, mobilize...

The report addresses the link between custody cases, violence against women and violence against children, with a focus on the abuse of the term “parental alienation” and similar pseudo-concepts.

GENEVA (6 April 2023) – UN experts* today demanded the immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order banning Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan . On 4 April, the de...

GENEVA (20 March 2023) – UN experts* today said the ongoing unlawful denial of girls and young women’s right to education in Afghanistan marks a global nadir in education, impacting an entire gender...

GENEVA (16 March 2023) – UN experts* today expressed outrage at the deliberate poisoning of more than 1200 schoolgirls in Iran’s major cities and the State’s failure to protect them, prevent further...

GENEVA (16 March 2023) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has found various violations of a woman’s rights as she had no access to affordable, medically...

GENEVA (15 March 2023) – UN experts today strongly condemned the sentencing of Justyna Wydrzyńska, a Polish woman human rights defender who was found guilty of assisting in the process of obtaining...