GENEVA (28 February 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday condemned the violence that has occurred over several weeks of unrest in Venezuela and urged the Government to...

I would like to begin by sincerely thanking the Federal Government of Nigeria for extending an invitation to me to conduct an official visit in my capacity as the United Nations Independent Expert on...

ABUJA (28 February 2014) – Good and inclusive governance is essential to ensuring minority rights, equality and peaceful coexistence for all of Nigeria’s citizens, the United Nations Independent...

Human Rights Council Advisory Committee ROUNDUP 28 February 2014 Adopts Seven Recommendations to the Human Rights Council, Including on Four New Mandates on Sport, Local Government, Unilateral...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 28 February 2014 ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Bahrain, Cameroon, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Finland The...

Members of the press, ladies and gentlemen, I am addressing you today in relation to my official visit to Guinea-Bissau from 23 February to 1 March 2014, which I am undertaking at the invitation of...

BISSAU (28 February 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda, today called on the political and military authorities of Guinea-Bissau “to...

Thank you for inviting me to brief you on a recent initiative of the Secretary-General - “Rights up Front.” “Rights up Front” is an idea, as well as the Secretary-General’s action plan. But, let me...

Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 27 February 2014 Secretary-General to Open Session; High-level Segment to Feature some 100 Dignitaries; Presentations by Commissions of Inquiry on the...

GENEVA (27 February 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, will carry out an official visit to Papua New Guinea from 3 to 14...