Dec 23, 2024 | News, Reports, Top-line
23 December 2024, GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today expressed serious concern at what appears to be an increase in systematic targeting of women belonging to the Baha’i religious minority throughout the country. The experts said that Baha’i women were...
Oct 15, 2024 | Reports, Top-line
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression examines the impact of the conflict in Gaza on freedom of expression globally. She highlights attacks on journalists and media restrictions,...
Jun 26, 2024 | Reports, Top-line
Special Rapporteur Irene Khan’s report to the 56th session of the Human Rights Council focuses on journalists in exile who face a variety of physical, digital and legal threats. She analyses the responses of States and companies to these threats and challenges. She...
Oct 3, 2023 | Reports, Top-line
Special Rapporteur Irene Khan’s new report to the UN General Assembly explores the negative impact of gendered disinformation, especially on women and gender nonconforming persons, and its implications for the right to freedom of expression. She seeks to clarify the...
May 23, 2023 | Reports, Top-line
A report by Special Rapporteur Irene Khan introduces a paradigm shift in looking at sustainable development through the lens of freedom of expression. In the report, Ms. Khan explores the links between the two prescient concepts — and how the concept of the right to...
Oct 3, 2022 | Reports, Top-line
In this report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, examines the challenges that information manipulation poses to freedom of opinion and expression during armed conflict. She notes that...
