GENEVA (27 October 2014) – Private military and security companies (PMSCs) personnel must always be held accountable for violations committed under international human rights and humanitarian law, the...

27 October 2014 The Human Rights Committee held a public meeting this morning in which it discussed methods of work, focusing on the issue of reparations. The Committee also decided to elaborate a...

GENEVA / NEW YORK (24 October 2014) – UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Professor Philip Alston, today urged Governments around the world to embrace the United Nations Social...

NEW YORK / GENEVA (27 October 2014) – “Education is not a privilege of the rich and well to do; it is an inalienable right of every child,” the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to...

New York, 27 October 2014 Chairperson of the Third Committee, [H.E. Mrs. Sofia Mesquita Borges] Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to address the Third Committee of the...

Can there be peace and development without respect for human rights? Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for inviting me. I have a special affection for UN Day and also for Germany...

24 October 2014 New York Mr. Chairperson, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, It is an honor to present my first report to the General Assembly in my capacity as Special Rapporteur on the...

Madam President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Thank you for the opportunity to brief you on the human rights situation in Ukraine. On 8 October, OHCHR issued the sixth monthly report...

PARIS (24 October 2014) – The United Nations Independent Expert on human rights and the environment, John Knox, held a press conference* today at the end of his five-day official visit to France, from...

NEW YORK / GENEVA (24 October 2014) – United Nations human rights expert Heiner Bielefeldt today told the UN General Assembly that freedom to manifest one’s religion or belief without discrimination...