GENEVA (30 January 2015) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged the international community to rapidly provide all necessary funding and assistance to the Government of Malawi...

Introduction Today is the final day of my second official visit to Myanmar as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. It has been a visit rich in its diversity, geography...

German version VIENNA / GENEVA (30 January 2015) – The UN Independent Expert on the human rights of older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, today commended the Austrian Government for its commitment and...

GENEVA (30 January 2015) – A group of United Nations independent experts has urged the Government of Oman to release Said Ali Said Jadad, a prominent human rights defender who has been advocating for...

GENEVA (30 January 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, will visit Brussels from 2 to 5 February 2015 as follow-up to a study he carried out...

NEW YORK/JUBA/GENEVA (30 January 2015) – The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Simonovic, will visit South Sudan from 1 to 6 February to assess the human rights...

ROUNDUP 30 January 2015 The Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group concluded its twenty-first session this afternoon after having reviewed the human rights records of 14...

ROUNDUP 30 January 2015 Examines twenty reports from twenty countries under the Convention and its Protocols The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-eighth session. The...

Committee on Enforced Disappearances BACKGROUND RELEASE 29 January 2015 Committee to Consider Reports of Mexico, Armenia and Serbia The Committee on Enforced Disappearances, the Committee responsible...

ASTANA/GENEVA (28 JANUARY 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai completed an official visit to Kazakhstan on Tuesday by challenging the Government to build on its achievements in the...