GENEVA / LIMA (5 December 2013) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, will visit Peru from 6 to 13 December 2013 to study the situation of...

Opening remarks by Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the Human Rights Day Event 2013 - Geneva, 5 December 2013 Excellencies, friends, A very good morning to you...

BAKU (5 December 2013) – At the end of a 10-day mission to Azerbaijan, which took her to Baku, Khachmaz, Ganja, Lankaran, Sumgayit and Qaradaq, Ms. Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on violence...

GENEVA / BRASILIA (5 December 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque will visit Brazil from 9 to 19 December 2013 to assess the country’s developments and remaining...

Wednesday 4 December 2013, 9 a.m. UNOG Library Events Room B-135, Palais des Nations Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning and a warm welcome to you all. I am very pleased to open this...

4 December 2013 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, When ‘The Peoples of the United Nations’ came together under our founding Charter, they did so in a spirit of hope. They spoke in one voice to...

4 December 2013 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning and a warm welcome to you all. I am very pleased to open this Author Roundtable on behalf of the Office of the High Commissioner for...

GENEVA (4 December 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, will carry out a visit to Malaysia from 9 to 18 December 2013, to assess the realization of...

GENEVA (3 December 2013) – A group of United Nations Special Rapporteurs today urged the Government of Kenya to reject legislation that would impose severe restrictions on civil society. “The Bill is...