United Nations System

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Statement on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and economic, social and cultural rights, 17 April 2020. 

Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)

The World Youth Report: Youth Social Entrepreneurship and the 2030 Agenda,2 July 2020. 

The Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples, May 2020. 

Responses to the COVID-19 catastrophe could turn the tide on inequality, May 2020. 

Leaving no one behind: the COVID-19 crisis through the disability and gender lens, May 2020.

Protecting and mobilizing youth in COVID-19 responses, May 2020.

Responses to the COVID-19 catastrophe could turn the tide on inequality, 1 May 2020.

Indigenous people & the COVID-19 pandemic: considerations, 20 April 2020.

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) 

COVID-19 yet another challenge for indigenous people, 6 April 2020.

Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) 

COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk

communication and community engagement,19 March 2020. 

Interim Guidance on Scaling-up COVID-19 Outbreak in Readiness and Response Operations in Camps and Camp-like Settings, 17 March 2020.

Addressing mental health and psychosocial aspects of Covid-19 outbreak, 1 March 2020. 

COVID-19: focus on persons deprived of their liberty, March 2020.

Gender alert for Covid-19 outbreak, March 2020.  

Network on Migration

COVID-19 & Immigration Detention: What Can Governments and Other Stakeholders Do?, April 2020.

Global Humanitarian Response Plan Covid 19: UN Coordinated appeal April - December 2020, 28 March 2020.

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Digital rights in the COVID-19 era, 28 July 2020. 

Connecting the business and human rights and the anti-corruption agendas, 17 June 2020.

Asia: Bachelet alarmed by clampdown on freedom of expression during COVID-19, 3 June 2020.

COVID-19 is devastating indigenous communities worldwide, and it’s not only about health”,18 May 2020. 

Civic space and COVID-19: Guidance, 4 May 2020.

COVID-19 and the rights of persons with disabilities: guidance, 29 April 2020.

Emergency measures and Covid-19: guidance, 27 April 2020.Disease pandemics and the freedom of opinion and expression, 23 April 2020.

UN expert warns against religious hatred and intolerance during COVID-19 outbreak, 22 April 2020. 

Rise in antisemitic hatred during COVID-19 must be countered with tougher measures, says UN expert, 17 April 2020.

COVID-19 and the human rights of LGBTI people, 17 April 2020.

COVID-19: Targeted actions needed to protect LGBTI people amid pandemic, 17 April 2020.

Covid-19 and women's human rights: guidance,15 April 2020.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child warns of the grave physical, emotional and psychological effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and calls on States to protect the rights of children, 8 April 2020.

Covid-19 and the human rights of migrants: guidance, 7 April 2020.

Statement on COVID-19: Racial equity and racial equality must guide State action, 6 April 2020.

COVID-19: States should not abuse emergency measures to suppress human rights – UN experts, 16 March 2020.

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

Message from the chair of the permanent forum on indigenous issues to ensure indigenous peoples are informed, protected and prioritized during the global COVID-19 pandemic, 6 April 2020.

Secretary General (UNSG)

Policy Brief: Education during COVID-19 and beyond, 4 August 2020.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security and Nutrition, June 2020. 

COVID-19 and People on the Move, June 2020. 

Covid-19 and the need for action on mental health,13 May 2020.

A disability-inclusive response to Covid-19, 6 May 2020.

COVID-19 and Human Rights. We are all in this together, 23 April 2020.

The impact of Covid-19 on children, 15 April 2020.

A UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19, April 2020.

Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of Covid-19, 31 March 2020.

Subcomittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)

Advice of the Subcommittee to States parties and national preventive mechanisms relating to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, 7 April 2020.

Advice of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to States Parties and National Preventive Mechanisms relating to the Coronavirus Pandemic, 25 March 2020.

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN)

PREVENTION: Violence against women and girl & COVID-19, 13 May 2020. 

COVID-19 and Ensuring Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls, 4 May 2020. 

Online and ICT*facilitated violence against women and girls during COVID-19, 30 April 2020.

COVID-19 and Essential Services Provision for Survivors of Violence Against Women and Girls, 28 April 2020. 

Violence Against Women and Girls Data Collection during COVID-19 (JOINT: WHO), 17 April 2020. 

The impact of Covid-19 on women (JOINT: Secretary General), 9 April 2020. 

Covid-19 and ending violence against women and girls, 6 April 2020. 

Making Indigenous Women and Girls Visible in the Implementation of the UN Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19 Accessing Funds Through the Multi-Partner Trust Fund, April 2020. 

COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement, 15 March 2020. 

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS)

Rights in the time of COVID-19, 20 March 2020. 

United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA) 

Implications of COVID-19 for indigenous people in Latin America and the   Caribbean, 28 April 2020. 

Implicaciones del COVID-19 en la población afrodescendiente de América Latina y el Caribe, 28 April 2020. 

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender-based Violence, Female: Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage, 27 April 2020. 

Gender Equality and Addressing Gender-based Violence (GBV) and Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Prevention, Protection and Response, 23 March 2020. 

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The Impact of COVID-19 on Stateless Populations: Policy Recommendations and Good Practices, 7 May 2020.

The role of the Global Compact on Refugees in the international response to the COVID-19 pandemic (JOINT: GLOBAL REFUGEES FORUM), May 2020. 

COVID-19: Access Challenges and the Implications of Border Restrictions, 27 April 2020. 

Joint NGO Statement on Economic,Social and Cultural rights, 9 April 2020.

 Joint NGO Statement on Civil and Political Rights, 9 April 2020. 

Practical Recommendations and Good Practice to Address Protection Concerns in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 9 April 2020. 

Gender-based violence prevention, risk mitigation and response during COVID-19, 26 March 2020.

 Coronavirus emergency appeal UNHCR’s preparedness and response plan (REVISED), 26 March 2020. 

Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) – COVID- 19, 21 March 2020. 

Age, Gender and Diversity Considerations – COVID-19, 21 March 2020. 

Key Legal Considerations on access to territory for persons in need of international protection in the context of the COVID-19 response, 16 March 2020.

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Technical note: Covid-19 and children deprived of liberty (JOINT: The Alliance), 8 April 2020.  

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) 

How COVID-19 is changing the world: a statistical perspective (JOINT: CCSA), 15 May 2020. 

World Health Organization (WHO)

73rd World Health Assembly- Covid-19 response, 18 may 2020. 

Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention, 15 March 2020. 

Addressing Human Rights as Key to the COVID-10 Response, 21 April 2020.  

COVID-19 and violence against women What the health sector/system can do, 7 April 2020. 

Practical considerations and recommendations for religious leaders and faith-based communities in the context of COVID-19, 7 April 2020. 

Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

Joint Guidance Note on the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Human Rights of Migrants, 26 May 2020. 

International Labour Organization (ILO) 

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. Fifth edition Updated estimates and analysis, 30 June 2020. 

COVID-19 and Child Labour: a Time of Crisis, a Time to Act  (JOINT: UNICEF), 12 June 2020. 

IPEC+ Global Flagship Programme Implementation: Towards a world free from child labour and forced labour, June 2020. 

COVID-19 impact on child labour and forced labour: The response of the IPEC+ Flagship Programme, 20 May 2020. 

COVID-19 and the world of work:: A focus on indigenous and tribal peoples, May 2020. 

UN Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues(IASG)

Indigenous peoples and COVID-19: A Guidance Note for the UN System, 23 April 2020. 

 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 

Indigenous peoples' health and safety at risk due to Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic could have serious effects on indigenous peoples’ wellbeing, livelihoods and health.

International Organization for Migration(IOM)

COVID-19: Emerging Immigration, Consular and Visa Needs and Recommendations, 15 July 2020. 

Countering xenophobia and stigma to foster social cohesion in the Covid 19 response and recovery, 14 July 2020. 

Why Migration Matters for “Recovering Better” from COVID-19, 25 June 2020. 

COVID-19 and Stranded Migrants, 2 June 2020. 

COVID-19: Policies and Impact on Seasonal Agricultural Workers, 27 May 2020. 

Mobility Crisis and Response in the time of COVID-19: The Republic Of Korea’s Approach, 18 May 2020. 

Migration-Related Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 on Developing Countries, 12 May 2020. 

Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killings

COVID-19 Human Rights Dispatch Number 2 COVID-19 and Protection of right to life in places of detention. 

Last update

4/11/2020