The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted a report on follow-up to views concerning Colombia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Paraguay and Tajikistan. José Manuel Santos Pais, Committee...

GENEVA (2 November 2023) – Time is running out to prevent genocide and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, UN experts warned today, expressing deep frustration with Israel’s refusal to halt plans to...

Portuguese GENEVA (2 November 2023) – Cabo Verde’s human rights record will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time...

Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Colleagues, I am pleased to address the Social Forum, an important space for dialogue on societal change and social justice. Science and technology have...

GENEVA (2 November 2023) – A UN expert today expressed grave concern at the prospect of the removal of members of the National Board of Justice (JNJ) by the Peruvian Congress. “The right to a fair...

GENEVA (2 November 2023) – UN experts* today expressed shock over the death of 16-year-old Armita Geravand, who was hospitalised after collapsing on a subway in Tehran on 1 October, allegedly...

Upholding human rights can ensure that environmental policy is driven by facts and evidence, not denialism, greed and profit When I travelled to Iraq earlier this year, I witnessed what some might...

Background Counter-terrorism laws and other laws that protect national security form an important part of the legal and regulatory framework of the State. In practice, however, there are instances...