MORNING 24 June 2015 Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea The Human Rights Council this morning discussed the situation of human rights in Eritrea, holding an...

GENEVA (24 June 2015) -- As thousands of Eritreans continue to flee government repression in their homeland, a UN-appointed commission of inquiry warned today that the dire human rights situation in...

(GENEVA 24 June 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, emphasized that Eritrea and the international community should nurture...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 23 June 2015 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Miklós Haraszti, Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Belarus...

Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea Geneva, 23 June 2015 President, High Commissioner, Distinguished members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, More than two...

23 June 2015 President, High Commissioner, Distinguished members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, More than two decades have passed since Eritrea emerged as a newly...

GENEVA (10 June 2015) – The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session. The States listed below were reviewed under...

GENEVA (8 June 2015) -- The Government of Eritrea is responsible for systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations that have created a climate of fear in which dissent is stifled, a large...

Geneva, 8 June 2015 Good morning and thank you for coming to this briefing on today’s publication of the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea. We decided to make the...