Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 28 October 2014 Iran execution We are shocked and saddened by the execution on 25 October of Ms...

NEW YORK / GENEVA (28 October 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Marzuki Darusman, today urged the UN...

NEW YORK / GENEVA (28 October 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Miklós Haraszti, today reported to the UN General Assembly that NGOs and human...

Excellences Ladies and Gentlemen The trade in, and exploitation of, human beings through human trafficking are grave human rights violations. We must work together to end these appalling practices. We...

It is an honour for my Office to co-host this discussion, together with UNESCO and the Council of Europe. I’m sorry that I cannot be with you in person; Jane Connors is representing OHCHR today...

New York, 27 October 2014 Honourable Chair, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Self-determination is an expression of democracy. Its implementation is essential to the establishment of a...

New York, 27 October 2014 Mr. Chairperson, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today, I have the honour to present my report to the United Nations General Assembly on a theme of critical importance...

CONAKRY (27 October 2014) – Detainees and prisoners in Guinea are held in squalid, overcrowded facilities that fall far short of international human rights standards, according to a new UN report...

GENEVA (27 October 2014) –The UN Committee Against Torture is meeting in Geneva from 3 November to 28 November to review the following countries: Sweden (4-5 Nov), Ukraine (5-6 Nov), Venezuela (6-7...