Human Rights Council 27th Session Geneva, 10 September 2014 Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, Council Resolution 25/15 reaffirms that a democratic and equitable...

GENEVA (10 September 2014) – Governments should be transparent and upfront in publishing details of their military expenditures so the public can participate in deciding budget priorities, United...

Dear Christian, dear colleagues Allow me to suggest adding two new paragraphs to the operative part of the Declaration. These paragraphs could come immediately after article 2: States should engage in...

Tuesday, 1 July 2014 Dear Ambassador Guillermet, dear colleagues, I have listened attentively to the statements by the delegations of the United States, Republic of Korea, Australia, the Russian...

Room XVIII, Monday 30 June 2014 Dear Ambassador Guillermet, dear colleagues, Allow me to refer to Human Rights Council Resolutions 18/6, 21/9 and 25/15, as well as pertinent General Assembly...

23 May 2014 Ladies and gentlemen, In my 2013 report to the General Assembly (A/68/284) I referred to unilateralism and exceptionalism as anachronisms, incompatible with the spirit and letter of the UN...

BRUSSELS (16 May 2014) – At the conclusion of an expert consultation convened by the Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order in Brussels on 15 May and...

GENEVA (14 April 2014) – On the occasion of the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, the United Nations Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order...

Transnational Corporations must be legally accountable for the negative human rights impacts of their activities: Workshop at the Human Rights Council 11-12 March 2014 Excellencies, distinguished...