NEW YORK (19 October 2022) – Climate change is an increasingly potent driver of migration that compels millions of people to leave their homes every year and requires decisive actions by States, the...
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NEW YORK (19 October 2022) – Climate change is an increasingly potent driver of migration that compels millions of people to leave their homes every year and requires decisive actions by States, the...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Internal displacement was first recognized as an issue of international concern by the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights in 1991. Over the following 30 years, the UN...
GENEVA (17 December 2018) – A UN human rights expert today praised Fiji for its global leadership on climate change and urged the country to both continue and increase its actions to protect human...
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AFTERNOON GENEVA (26 June 2018) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion on the human rights of internally displaced persons, in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of...
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Human Rights Council Thirty-seventh session 26 February – 23 March 2018 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the...
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7 March 2018 Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, A few days ago, we celebrated the centenary year of Nelson Mandela’s birth. We spoke of his example; his fortitude, his...