First International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists - Sunday 2 November 2014 GENEVA (2 November 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of...

ROUNDUP 31 October 2014 Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the reports of Sri Lanka, Burundi, Haiti, Malta, Montenegro and Israel The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded...

GENEVA (31 October 2014) – The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics, Baskut Tuncak, urged Governments around the world to expedite the ratification process of the Minamata...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 31 October 2014 (1) Singapore We are disappointed by the Singapore Supreme Court ruling on 29 October...

GENEVA (30 October 2014) – Two United Nations Special Rapporteurs will carry out the first official visit ever to the Gambia by experts of the Human Rights Council Special Procedures*. The UN Special...

GENEVA (30 October 2014) – The UN Human Rights Committee has issued an authoritative new commentary on one of the most important issues in international human rights law – when and how is it justified...

GENEVA (30 October 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, will visit the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 4 to10 November 2014 to assess the...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 30 October 2014 Experts to Consider Reports of Sweden, Ukraine, Venezuela, Australia, Burundi, United States, Croatia and Kazakhstan The Committee against Torture will meet at the...

GENEVA (30 October 2014) – Allowing people to die at Europe’s borders just because of their administrative status is a complete disregard for the value of human life, the United Nations Special...

GENEVA (30 October 2014) – The UN Human Rights Committee has published its concluding observations on the States it examined during its 112th session from 7-31 October. In its concluding observations...