10 November 2014 Hears from Stakeholders on Situation in Viet Nam The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its fifty-third session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva...

(GENEVA) 7 November 2014 -- Migrants’ rights, combatting domestic violence, child protection measures and preventing torture and ill treatment, these are just some of the issues addressed over the...

GENEVA (7 November 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday criticized the continuing attacks by the Sri Lankan Government on the integrity of the UN Human Rights...

GENEVA / SEOUL (7 November 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Marzuki Darusman, will visit the Republic...

Banjul, The Gambia, 7 November 2014 Introduction The United Nations machinery for Human Rights has over the last 30 years created a number of Special Procedure mandates on various human rights issues...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date : 7 November 2014 Subjects : (1) Dominican Republic (2) Sri Lanka _________________________________ (1...

BANJUL (7 November 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs Christof Heyns and Juan Méndez have been prevented from completing a torture and killing investigation during the first visit ever to...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 7 November 2014 ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Venezuela, Poland, China, Ghana, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Guinea and...

Committee against Torture 7 November 2014 The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of Venezuela on its implementation of the...