10 March 2014 Mister President, Distinguished Representatives, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great honor that I address this Council, for the fourth time, in my capacity as United Nations Special...

GENEVA (6 March 2014) – A group of United Nations independent experts* have asked the Government of Venezuela for prompt clarification of allegations of arbitrary detention and excessive use of force...

DUSHANBE (12 February 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, today urged the Government of Tajikistan to fully implement its policies for the eradication and...

جنيف (6 شباط/ فبراير 2014) – حثت مجموعة من الخبراء المستقلين التابعين للأمم المتحدة * المعنيين بحقوق الإنسان في الغذاء ، والصحة ، والسكن ، والمياه والصرف الصحي، و على الإعدام بإجراءات موجزة والتعذيب ،...

GENEVA (26 December 2013) – United Nations human rights experts today expressed serious concern about recent lethal drone airstrikes, allegedly conducted by US forces in the Republic of Yemen, that...

GENEVA (24 December 2013) – Two United Nations independent human rights experts today welcomed the publication of parts of Sir Peter Gibson’s interim report, an official investigation into the extent...

GENEVA (18 December 2013) – United Nations human rights experts today warned that the high-profile execution of a senior official in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), with a total...

GENEVA (10 December 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on torture, Juan E. Méndez, and on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, today expressed dismay at the recent transfer of...

GENEVA (9 December 2013) – A group of United Nations independent experts today called on the Government of Iraq to establish the fate and whereabouts of seven residents of Camp Ashraf, who were...

International Day to End Impunity, Saturday 23 November GENEVA (22 November 2013) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts* today called on the UN to adopt a more central role in...