GENEVA (21 February 2014) – Representatives of the largest body of independent experts* in the United Nations human rights system today called for an immediate end to renewed clashes in Kiev and other...

GENEVA / BISSAU (21 February 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Magdalena Sepúlveda will undertake an official visit to Guinea-Bissau from 24 February to 1 March 2014 to collect first-hand...

ROUNDUP 21 February 2014 Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Honduras, Montenegro, Belgium, Poland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg and Switzerland The Committee on the Elimination of...

Strasbourg, 20.02.2014 Monsieur le Président, Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs, Je voudrais tout d’abord saluer l’heureuse initiative de ce Comité Ministériel d’inviter pour la deuxième année...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 20 February 2014 The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its twelfth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 24 to 28 February 2014. During the session, the...

KHARTOUM / GENEVA (20 February 2014) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Mashood Adebayo Baderin, expressed deep concern that the Sudanese...

جنيف ( 02 شباط/فبراير 2014 ) - تقوم غولنارا شاهينيان المقررة الخاصة للأمم المتحدة بشأن الرقّ،، بمهمة متابعة إلى موريتانيا من 24-27 شباط/فبراير عام 2014، لتقييم التطورات الجديدة منذ أول زيارة لها...

GENEVA (19 February 2014) – As atrocities continue to occur in the Central African Republic, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday reminded leaders in positions of authority...