COLOMBO / GENEVA (27 May 2014) – “The Government of Sri Lanka must boost the efforts it has made in recent years in order to prevent exploitation and abuse of Sri Lankans migrating abroad for work...

BAKU (27 May 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Chaloka Beyani, today urged for a peace agreement which will “fully restore the...

GENEVA (27 May 2014) – Following the enactment of the three fundamental laws on the judiciary by the Cambodian National Assembly last week, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 27 May 2014 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Jordan on its...

GENEVA/RABAT (26 May 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will conduct her first official visit as the UN’s top human rights official to Morocco from 26 to 29 May 2014 at the...

26 May 2014 The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its sixty-sixth session this morning, hearing an address by Nathalie Prouvez, Chief of the Rule of Law and Democracy Section, Research and...

26 May 2014 Thank you for joining us for this presentation of the OHCHR Report 2013. The Report summarizes the results the Office has achieved over the last year, based on the plans set out in the...

GENEVA (26 May 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, will undertake his latest fact-finding mission in Sweden...

22 May 2014 Good morning, Thank you all for your presence today, the day I conclude my visit to Guatemala. I would like to express my appreciation to the Government for its hospitality and for its...

GENEVA / TIMPHU (23 May 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Kishore Singh will be visiting Bhutan from 26 May to 4 June 2014 to assess education reforms and the education of vulnerable children...