UN Human Rights Mandate Holders and COVID-19

Countries must accelerate repatriation of their citizens, but governments need assistance to enhance their support systems for families.

EU presses to let mandate end despite commission finding that “past and current abuses in these four regions demand further investigation.”

After decades of awkward and all-around frustrating engagement, the U.N. needs to step forward with a more flexible and conscious approach that shows it has learned from past mistakes.

Ethiopia’s Forces Fire On, Detain U.N. Personnel; UNHCR Voices Alarm  Ethiopia’s security forces shot at and detained U.N. staffers as they tried to reach part of the embattled…

The UN's global counterterrorism system creates a permissive and enabling environment that sustains and facilitates abuse of rights defenders,

The UN General Assembly opens its 75th session in NYC; the Security Council extends UN missions in Afghanistan, Libya; UN fact-finding missions in Venezuela and Syria issue reports;…

Contrary to the UN's "CT Week" idea, the security sector's record makes it ill-fit to address the critical health needs of diverse populations.

Editor’s Note: This piece is part of Just Security’s United Nations Special Rapporteurs on #COVID-19 series, in which mandate holders offer their views on pressing…

Editor’s Note: This piece is part of Just Security‘s United Nations Special Rapporteurs on #COVID-19 series, in which mandate holders offer their views on pressing…

Ryan Goodman, Just Security's co-editor-in-chief, recently posed a series of questions to David Kaye, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression.