MAHE (31 January 2014) Seychelles should accelerate its efforts in putting in place appropriate mechanisms to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, especially women and children Background and...

GENEVA (31 January 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Miklos Haraszti will visit Vilnius, Lithuania, from 2-5 February 2014 to hold consultations with representatives of Belarusian civil...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 31 January 2014 Subjects: 1) Egypt and 2) Ukraine 1) Egypt We are extremely concerned about the...

GENEVA (31 January 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, today urged the UN system and the international community to give...

Committee on the Rights of the Child ROUNDUP 31 January 2014 Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Congo, Yemen, Holy See, Portugal, Russian Federation and Germany The Committee on the...

January 2014 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities established pursuant to article 34 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, has the honour to...

GENEVA (30 January 2014) – Two United Nations independent experts welcomed a recent decision by the Supreme Court of India to commute to life imprisonment the death sentences of 15 individuals, and to...