Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, We live in a world characterised by digitalisation and rapid technological advancement, with the online space playing a central role in all matters...

As the world marks 75 years of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, milestones in technology and impact of #Artificial intelligence discussions are rife. During the Vienna World Conference on Human...

GENEVA (2 June 2023) – UN experts* today called for greater transparency, oversight, and regulation to address the negative impacts of new and emerging digital tools and online spaces on human rights...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth and sixth combined periodic report of Sao Tome and Principe, with Committee Experts praising measures to...

GENEVA (14 April 2023) – The repressive enforcement of Iranian hijab laws, as announced by the State authorities, would result in additional restrictive and punitive measures on women and girls who...

The present report focuses on the issue of forced marriage. It is based on information gathered from the participants of an expert workshop held on 1 and 2 September 2022, submissions from States, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and other stakeholders, and additional research. In the report, the diverse contexts of forced marriage are emphasized, those internal to the community and the family and those imposed by external actors.

GENEVA (16 December 2022) -- UN experts are deeply aggrieved about a public execution and that flogging has resumed in Afghanistan and call on the de facto authorities to halt immediately all forms of...

GENEVA (25 November 2022) – UN experts* today said the latest actions by Taliban de facto authorities targeting women and girls deepen existing flagrant violations of their human rights and freedoms...

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 2022 GENEVA (24 November 2022) –Increased and relentless attacks on the bodily autonomy of women and girls on the basis of...

GENEVA (18 November 2022) – UN experts today urged intensified efforts to combat persisting prevalence of violence, exploitation, abuse, trafficking, torture and harmful practices against children...