Türk calls on Tunisia to uphold rule of law and democratic freedoms
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press Release )UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk called on the Tunisian authorities to protect the country’s democratic processes and uphold fundamental freedoms after a presidential campaign marred by a crackdown on the opposition, independent activists and journalists
Two billion women and girls worldwide lack access to any form of social protection, UN Women report shows.
Stories & Blogs UN Women (Press Release )Women are lagging behind on measures such as unemployment benefits, pensions, or healthcare worldwide.
Press briefing at the Palais des Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Stories & Blogs UN Women (Press Release )Hodan Addou, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa a.i., spoke about UN Women’s new report on the situation in Sudan.
Sudan humanitarian crisis has catastrophic impact for women and girls, with two-fold increase of gender-based violence.
Stories & Blogs UN Women (Press Release )New UN Women report highlights the disproportionate impacts of the escalating conflict for Sudanese women and girls, including the 5.8 million who are internally displaced.
Côte d'Ivoire: Model to follow for definitive abolition of the death penalty, says Special Rapporteur
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press )A UN human rights expert today welcomed Côte d'Ivoire’s ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as a definitive and irrevocable step to abolish the death penalty in the country.
DRC: Alarming increase in trafficking for sexual exploitation, say experts
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press Release )UN experts said today they are alarmed by reports of widespread trafficking in persons, particularly for sexual slavery and exploitation, and rising child and forced marriages stemming from conflict and displacement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo