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UN News Centre - Human Rights
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A world of news from the world organization.
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Moldova: UN expert urges greater social inclusion of people with disabilities, Romas
A United Nations independent human rights expert today urged Moldovan authorities to urgently adopt measures for greater social inclusion and take more efforts to integrate people with disabilities and Romani communities into society.
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Overburdened truth commissions risk becoming ‘victims of their own success'- UN expert
While "truth commissions" - independent panels set up in the aftermath of conflict to resolve tensions and promote reconciliation - are vital to many countries trying to rebuild their societies, a United Nations independent expert today warned that the mechanisms risked falling short of expectations because the were burdened by overbroad mandates and unreliable funding.
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Recent measures in the United Kingdom are eroding right to affordable housing - UN expert
Various measures implemented in recent years by the British Government are eroding the right to affordable housing in the United Kingdom, a United Nations independent expert said today.
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UN expert calls on countries to strengthen protection of civil society voices, whistleblowers
A United Nations independent expert today urged Governments worldwide to provide adequate protection to members of civil society, including whistleblowers, and ensure transparency in their decision-making processes.
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Syria: UN rights panel urges political solution to crisis, end to impunity for war crimes
Citing ongoing incidents of murder, rape, torture, widespread attacks on civilians and hostage-taking committed by Syrian forces and anti-Government armed groups, a United Nations-appointed human rights probe reported today that "the perpetrators of these violations and crimes, on all sides, act in defiance of international law. They do not fear accountability."
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UN expert welcomes decision by Dutch firm to pull out of illegal Israeli settlement
A United Nations independent expert today welcomed the decision by the Dutch company Royal HaskoningDHV to end its contract with the Jerusalem municipality, which would require the firm to build a wastewater treatment plant that would service illegal Israeli settlements.
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UN expert urges US authorities to focus on child's rights in Cherokee custody case
A United Nations independent expert today urged federal, state and tribal authorities in the United States to take all necessary measures to ensure the wellbeing and human rights of Veronica, a three-year-old Cherokee child at the centre of a highly contentious custody dispute.
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