GENEVA (25 November 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, expressed great concern about rampant human rights violations in...

GENEVA (25 November 2013) – The voices of religious minorities from around the world will be at the forefront of the sixth United Nations Forum on Minority Issues this year, organised and guided by...

GENEVA (25 November 2013) - The 68th session of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded on Friday 22 November 2013, setting a roadmap for the development of the draft guiding...

GENEVA (25 November 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, today urged the Government of Malaysia to reverse its decision to ban a Catholic...

(GENEVA 25 November 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, expressed great concern about rampant human rights violations in...

GENEVA (22 November 2013) – Two United Nations independent human rights experts today expressed serious concern about the draft Special Secrets Bill, which establishes grounds and procedures for the...

International Day to End Impunity, Saturday 23 November GENEVA (22 November 2013) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts* today called on the UN to adopt a more central role in...

ROUNDUP 22 November 2013 Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Mozambique, Uzbekistan, Poland, Latvia, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Portugal, Andorra and Kyrgyzstan The Committee against Torture...

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Geneva, 25 November 2013 Violence against women remains one...