Committee on the Rights of the Child ROUNDUP 29 January 2016 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its seventy-first session after adopting its concluding observations and...

GENEVA (29 January 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Friday he was extremely alarmed at continuing allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse of minors in the...

The Working Group has been informed of certain allegations of a supposed conflict of interest against one of its members, Mr. Sètondji Roland Adjovi in connection to the Working Group’s Opinion No. 4...

GENEVA (29 January 2016) – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention today upheld its 2015 decision on the case of Karim Wade, a former Minister of State for International Cooperation of...

Korean version SEOUL (29 January 2016) – I would like to thank the Government of the Republic of Korea for inviting me to undertake this official mission here from 20 to 29 January 2016, my first to...

SEOUL (29 January 2016) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai today commended the Republic of Korea’s “impressive achievements,” but underlined that its journey to democracy is not yet over...

WASHINGTON D.C. (29 January 2016) - The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent thanks the Government of United States of America for its invitation to visit the country, from 19-29...

WASHINGTON D.C. (29 January 2016) – The legacy of enslavement in the United States of America remains a serious challenge as there has been no real commitment to recognition and reparations for people...

18:20-20:00, Thursday, 28 January 2016 International Service for Human Rights, 5th Floor, 1 Rue de Varembé, Geneva Excellencies, Dear colleagues and friends, It is a great honour for me to be here...