Human Rights Council MORNING/AFTERNOON 17 June 2014 Holds Panels on Women’s Rights and Gender Stereotypes and on Women’s Rights and Sustainable Development The Human Rights Council today held its...

17 June 2014 Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is an honour to open the Human Rights Council's annual full-day discussion of women's rights. This is a topic of fundamental importance to every...

GENEVA (17 June 2014) – Achieving the full realization of human rights for all rests on international solidarity, United Nations rights expert Virginia Dandan reminded the UN Human Rights Council...

16 June 2014 Mr. President, Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellences, Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to introduce to the present session of the Council several reports prepared by the...

GENEVA (13 June 2013) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will visit Croatia (15-18 June), Serbia and Kosovo* (19 to 23 and 24 to 26 June), and Montenegro (27...

GENEVA (16 June 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, warned that persisting and new challenges still obstruct efforts...

16 June 2014 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am glad to welcome you to this high-level discussion of a shocking and important topic: the genital mutilation of young women and girls. Female...

16 June 2014 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to thank the Governments of Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Switzerland, as well as to the Global Commission on Drug Policy, for organising this...

Human Rights Council MORNING 16 June 2014 The Human Rights Council this morning held a high-level panel discussion on the identification of good practices in combating female genital mutilation...