Human Rights System: UN – ETO Consortium

Arms Trade and Women’s Rights: Extraterritorial Obligations under CEDAW

January 26, 2026

A new study examines how the international arms trade intersects with states’ obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), with particular attention to states’ extraterritorial obligations. It argues that arms transfers can contribute to patterns of gender-based violence and discrimination against women, especially in conflict-affected and fragile […]

UN Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts support UN tax treaty

February 18, 2023

On 16 November 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the “Promotion of inclusive and effective international tax cooperation at the United Nations”, presented by the African group. Four UN experts (*) said that “[the] resolution gives the UN General Assembly a mandate to hold intergovernmental talks on global tax reforms for all […]

Activities by Chinese companies have adverse human rights and environmental impacts in Latin American countries

February 16, 2023

On February 16th, 2023, the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) and the Collective on Chinese Financing and Investments, Human Rights and the Environment (Colectivo sobre Inversiones y Financiamiento Chinas, Derechos Humanos y Ambiente, CICDHA) – a collective of currently 12 Latin American civil-society organizations – presented a report to the UN Committee on Economic, […]

Unilateral sanctions impede the right to health abroad (UN Special Procedures)

February 15, 2023

On 14 February 2023, the UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights and the UN Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity pointed out the adverse impacts of the United States’ sanctions against Iran on the right to health of patients, in Iran, […]

Extraterritorial obligations in the United Nations system: UN treaty bodies

Extraterritorial obligations in the United Nations system: UN treaty bodies

February 14, 2023

The chapter focusses on the activity of five UN treaty bodies mandated to monitor the implementation of the core international human rights treaties – the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights; the Human Rights Committee; the Committee on the Rights of the Child; the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women; and the […]

CESCR General Comment on Land

February 7, 2023

The CESCR publishes its latest General Comment (No. 26) on land and economic, social and cultural rights. End of January 2023, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) issued General Comment No. 26 (2022) on land and economic, social and cultural rights, aiming “to clarify States’ obligations regarding the access to, use […]