Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome the opportunity to address this High-Level Event on the death penalty, organised by the Permanent Mission of France to the United...
A UN Human Rights Office side event on the Post-2015 Agenda held at the United Nations in New York focused on innovative and practical human rights recommendations from Member States, the UN and civil society.
United Nations Headquarters, New York, 26 September 2013 Excellencies, Distinguished friends, When I became High Commissioner, five years ago, there was almost no discussion at the UN of human rights...
The Vienna+20 high-level event, held at the United Nations in New York, brought together Presidents, Ministers, civil society, the Deputy Secretary-General and, for the first time ever, two former and the current UN Human Rights Chiefs, to reflect on the human rights progress over the past 20 years and the way forward.
A high level side event at the United Nations in New York provided an interactive forum for promoting a post-2015 development agenda that is accessible and inclusive of persons with disabilities.
A new electoral monitoring system in Togo, launched by the UN Human Rights Office in the country, creates an environment conducive to the free exercise of citizens' rights.
The chair of the UN inquiry investigating human rights in North Korea has called on the global community to respond to a situation which indicates a large-scale pattern of abuse that may constitute systematic and gross human rights violations.
A new database, developed by the UN Human Rights Office, illustrates existing measures and practices to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance at the international, regional and national levels.
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