COLOMBO/GENEVA, 11 December 2013: "After having made impressive strides in rebuilding infrastructure destroyed during the conflict, post conflict reconstruction in Sri Lanka should also focus on...

GENEVA / KINSHASA (11 December 2013) – A UN report released Wednesday reveals that while Congolese authorities have taken some measures to ensure accountability for human rights violations committed...

GENEVA (11 December 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, on Wednesday welcomed the release of 44 prisoners of conscience in the...

Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries, I thank Switzerland, the ICRC and DECAF for the opportunity to take part in this panel. From the outset, the Working...

GENEVA (10 December 2013) – The largest body of independent experts in the United Nations Human Rights system today urged world governments to cooperate with them, and allow human rights organisations...

GENEVA (10 December 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on torture, Juan E. Méndez, and on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, today expressed dismay at the recent transfer of...

Mr Vice-president of the General Assembly, Mr. Deputy Secretary General, Excellencies, Distinguished laureates of the United Nations Human Rights Prize Ladies and gentlemen, At the outset, on behalf...

Impunity compounds violence against women GENEVA (10 December 2013) – Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, to mark...

On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the UN special procedures call on all stakeholders, in particular States, to cooperate with them fully. The first special procedures mechanism was established in...