GENEVA (1 July 2021) – Responses by States and companies to disinformation have been problematic, inadequate and detrimental to human rights, a UN expert warned today, calling on States to uphold the...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado Location: Geneva Date: 28 May 2021 We are deeply concerned that Nicaragua's chances of holding free and genuine elections on 7...

العربية | 中文 | Français | Русский | Español Statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 2 May 2021 A free, uncensored and independent press is a cornerstone of...

Español GENEVA (20 April 2021) — The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) has issued its findings on Chile, which it examined during its...

16 April 2021 The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon suspended its online thirty-second session after adopting its concluding...

Situation of Haitians and Venezuelans, as well as New Migration Law Also Discussed 9 April 2021 The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this...

6 April 2021 The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon opened its thirty-second session, hearing statements by a representative...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 9 march 2021 We are appalled by the apparently arbitrary killing of nine activists in simultaneous...

GENEVA (5 January 2021) – UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer today welcomed a British court's refusal to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on the basis that he...