Gendered disinformation: new frontiers of gender based violence

Dec 6, 2023 | Top-line

Gendered discrimination is a problem worldwide and is only getting worse, often targeting women who are public figures and/or from marginalized communities. These attacks often blur the line between online and offline consequences, and need to be addressed, writes UN...

Visit of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression to the Philippines

Nov 14, 2023 | Country Visit, News, Top-line

Background From 23 January to 2 February 2024, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Ms Irene Khan, will undertake an official country visit to the Philippines to examine, in the spirit of cooperation and dialogue, the situation...

UN experts urge Bangladesh to seize Human Rights Council review as opportunity to address deteriorating human rights situation

Nov 14, 2023 | Statements, Top-line

GENEVA (14 November 2023) – The severe crackdown against workers demanding fair wages and political activists calling for free and fair elections, judicial harassment of journalists, human rights defenders and civil society leaders, and failure to reform laws...

Nicaragua: UN experts urge freedom for Bishop Álvarez after 12 Catholic priests were released

Nov 7, 2023 | Statements, Top-line

GENEVA (7 November 2023) – UN experts* today demanded an end to the arbitrary detention of the Bishop of Matagalpa, Monsignor Rolando José Álvarez, following the release of 12 Catholic priests on 18 October 2023. “We are deeply concerned about the systematic patterns...

Statement by Irene Khan on her visit to Honduras, 16-27 October 2023

Oct 27, 2023 | Country Visit, News, Top-line

Tegucigalpa, 27 October 2023 – At the invitation of the Government of Honduras I visited the country from 16 to 27 October 2023. In addition to Tegucigalpa, I was in San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, Jutiapa (Nueva Armenia) and El Progreso. I would like to thank the...

UN experts say Sri Lanka’s counter-terrorism bill fails to heed their recommendations, status quo fundamentally unchanged

Oct 27, 2023 | Statements, Top-line

18 October 2023 – Sri Lanka’s new proposed counter-terrorism legislation does not go far enough to remedy the defects of the country’s draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), UN experts* said today, urging the Government to ensure the new law meets international...