GENEVA (11 November 2020) — The UN women’s rights committee today called on governments to pursue all appropriate means to eliminate trafficking in women and girls, highlighting the increasing use of...

When someone posts, or searches for, content on online platforms, a company manages that process and decides how information is stored and made available, and in which order it appears. As more and...

Regional Forums on Minority Issues September & October 2020 GENEVA (17 September 2020) – The voices of minorities will be at the forefront of online regional forums on hate speech and social media...

GENEVA (30 July 2020) – UN human rights experts today warned of increased patterns of closing of digital spaces amid the COVID-19 pandemic. UN Special Rapporteurs* attending the annual RightsCon...

GENEVA (29 July 2020) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association has hailed as groundbreaking an authoritative new interpretation that the right to...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 28 July 2020 We are concerned by moves by the authorities in Turkey to introduce a new social media...

GENEVA (21 July 2020) – UN experts* today welcomed the restoration of broadband and Wi-Fi Internet in Ethiopia and called on the Government to respect the right of people to demonstrate peacefully....

GENEVA (15 July 2020) – Emerging digital technologies driven by big data and artificial intelligence are entrenching racial inequality, discrimination and intolerance, a UN human rights expert said...

8 July 2020 The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the impacts, opportunities and challenges of new and emerging digital technologies with regard to the promotion and...

العربية | 中文 | Français | Русский | Español Statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. Excellencies, Colleagues, I am pleased to address you today, as we move...