Informes

The threats, harassment, intimidation and attacks against human rights defenders, activists, journalists and media workers in Afghanistan must end – the undersigned international human rights organizations said. From September 2020 until May 2021, a total of 17…

Introduction Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) by humanitarian aid workers can occur in any humanitarian or development context, and is a particular risk in emergency contexts characterized by violence, gross power imbalance, mass displacement, restricted access, and…

Sexual violence by state bodies or conflict actors that particularly targets IDPs and refugees, aid, health workers or educators or students among others. This Monthly News Brief bears testimony to the brave survivors who speak about sexual…

Child protection is defined as “All activities aimed at preventing and responding to abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence affecting children” The UN Convention on the rights of the child defines a child as any human being…

INDIA, New Delhi, April 21 - A new report reveals how laws on rape in South Asian countries are insufficient, inconsistent, and not systematically enforced, putting women and girls at heightened risk of sexual violence.…

I. Introduction 1. The present report, which covers the period from January to December 2020, is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2467 (2019), in which the Council requested me to report annually on the implementation of…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Women and girls in Afghanistan are extremely vulnerable to gender-based violence (GBV) and face substantial barriers accessing healthcare facilities to seek help after such violence. This is widely known. Much less is known about sexual…

Introduction This Field Report analyses information collected by KHRG field researchers during the period between July and December 2020. As the COVID-19[1] pandemic entered into the second wave of infections in August, rural communities in Southeast Myanmar faced…

Madam President, This is a key juncture for the Council’s engagement with Sri Lanka. As my report (A/HRC/46/20) indicates, nearly 12 years after the end of the armed conflict, domestic initiatives have repeatedly failed to ensure justice…

Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 40/1, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to continue to assess progress in the…