13 June 2014 Mr. President of the Human Rights Council, former Presidents Excellencies, distinguished representatives, ladies and gentlemen, It is a privilege to be here with four current and former...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 13 June 2014 1) Iraq UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will later today issue a...

GENEVA (13 June 2014) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Mashood Adebayo Baderin, will visit the Sudan from 15 to 24 June 2014 to follow-up on his...

GENEVA (13 June 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday expressed extreme alarm at the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Iraq, amid reports of summary executions...

GENEVA (13 June 2014) – Available information on trafficking in persons for the removal of organs is inadequate and often unverified, the outgoing United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in...

MORNING 13 June 2014 Hears Address by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Seychelles, Concludes Discussion on Extrajudicial Executions and Internally Displaced Persons The Human Rights Council this...

13 June 2014 Excellencies, Friends and colleagues, I am grateful to Estonia and to the Open Society Justice Initiative for organising today’s event on this important and topical subject...

ROUNDUP 13 June 2014 Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Lucia and United Kingdom The Committee on the Rights of the Child...

AFTERNOON 13 June 2014 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, and the...

PDF version 13 June 2014 Thank you Colleagues, ladies and gentlemen: I am very pleased to be able to participate in this meeting on the role of human rights defenders in promoting corporate...