AFTERNOON 18 June 2014 Adopts Resolution on the Implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the presentation of the reports...

18 June 2014 Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to open this panel discussion on preventative tools of human rights mechanisms. It is the first in a planned series of...

18 June 2014 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank the Permanent Missions of Argentina, Belgium, France, Italy, Mexico, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Moldova, the...

جنيف (16 حزيران/يونيو 2014) – رحّبت مفوضة الأمم المتحدة السامية لحقوق الإنسان نافي بيلاي يوم الثلاثاء ترحيبا حارا بتعيين الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة زيد رعد زيد الحسين كخلفٍ لها عند انتهاء ولايتها في...

17 June 2014 Monsieur le Président Excellencies, Mesdames, Messieurs The conflict in Syria has reached a tipping point, threatening the entire region. With warring parties in unrelenting pursuit of...

GENEVA (17 June 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, today called on the world’s Governments not to sideline quality education and to ensure that...

MORNING 17 June 2014 Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and Practice and Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education The Human Rights Council at...

GENEVA (17 June 2014) – The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli Corpuz, welcomed El Salvador’s move to recognize indigenous peoples and commit to...

17 June 2014 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to be with you today to open this prestigious panel on women’s human rights and the sustainable development agenda. The topic of this...

17 June 2014 Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I thank the organisers and the co-sponsors of this important side event, which once again demonstrates the crucial role of civil society actors in...