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9th Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights
“Preventing business-related human rights abuses: The key to a sustainable future for people and planet”

11/16/2020

Statements/Messages

High Commissioner for Human Rights
Business and Human Rights

Business and human rights

E F S R C A

UN Forum addresses prevention of business-related human rights abuses

11/13/2020

Press Releases

Business and Human Rights

Business and human rights

E F S R C A

No one is secure until all of us are secure: UN experts decry COVID vaccine hoarding

11/9/2020

Press Releases

Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Business and Human Rights
Special Rapporteur on the right to development
Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity

Coronavirus disease 2019
Health
Extreme poverty
Business and human rights
Right to development
Human Rights and International Solidarity

E F S R C A

Statement by UN Human Rights Experts Universal access to vaccines is essential for prevention and containment of COVID-19 around the world*

11/9/2020

Statements/Messages

Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Business and Human Rights
Special Rapporteur on the right to development
Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity

Coronavirus disease 2019
Health
Extreme poverty
Business and human rights
Right to development
Human Rights and International Solidarity

E F S R C A

6th Session of the Open Ended Inter Governmental Working Group in charge of the elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises, with respect to human rights

10/26/2020

Statements/Messages

High Commissioner for Human Rights
Business and Human Rights

Business and human rights

E F S R C A

Event to launch project “Business and human rights – towards a decade of global implementation”

7/13/2020

Statements/Messages

Business and Human Rights

Business and human rights

E F S R C A

Israeli annexation of parts of the Palestinian West Bank would break international law – UN experts call on the international community to ensure accountability

6/16/2020

Press Releases

Israel
Occupied Palestinian Territory

Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
WG on Arbitrary Detention
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures
Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus
Sp. Rapporteur on Sudan
Independent Expert on Mali
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Sp. Rapporteur on toxic wastes
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons
Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Independent expert older persons
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls
Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Business and Human Rights
Independent expert on Somalia
Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Special Rapporteur on the right to development
Sp. Rapporteur on Racial Discrimination
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Independent expert to examine the question of a draft optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People s Republic of Korea
Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Central African Republic
Independent expert on the effects of foreign debt
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions

Arbitrary detention
African Descent
Unilateral coercive measures
Leprosy
Adequate housing
Toxic waste
Disability
Internally displaced persons
Mercenaries
Older persons
Freedom of association
Health
Freedom of opinion and expression
Environment
Independence of judiciary
Violence against women
Women
Women human rights defenders
Minorities
Terrorism
Business and human rights
Privacy
Indigenous peoples
Cultural rights
Education
Right to drinking water
International Order
Traffic in persons
Human rights defenders
Right to food
Torture and inhuman treatment
Human Rights and International Solidarity
Extreme poverty
Right to development
Racism and racial discrimination
Slavery
Sexual orientation and gender identity
External debt
Sale of children
Transnational corporations
Summary or arbitrary executions

E F S R C A

Statement on the Protests against Systemic Racism in the United States

6/5/2020

Statements/Messages

United States of America

Sp. Rapporteur on Racial Discrimination
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
WG on Arbitrary Detention
Business and Human Rights
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People s Republic of Korea
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
Independent expert on the effects of foreign debt
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
Independent Expert on Mali
Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Independent expert older persons
Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
Special Rapporteur on the right to development
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children
Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity
Sp. Rapporteur on Sudan
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Sp. Rapporteur on toxic wastes
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Racism and racial discrimination
African Descent
Women

E F S R C A

COVID-19: State and business respect for human rights critical to resilience and recovery, say UN experts

4/28/2020

Press Releases

Business and Human Rights
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Business and human rights
Transnational corporations

E F S R C A

Ensuring that business respects human rights during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond:
The relevance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

4/27/2020

Statements/Messages

Business and Human Rights
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Business and human rights
Transnational corporations

E F S R C A

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