Press-statement Dushanbe, 31 May 2012 Members of the press, Ladies and gentlemen, Allow me to begin by warmly thanking the Government for inviting me to Tajikistan and for facilitating a rich and...

GENEVA (30 May 2012) – Two United Nations independent experts on the freedoms of peaceful assembly and association, and of opinion and expression today voiced concern over demonstrations in Quebec on...

Русский DUSHANBE / GENEVA (31 May 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, urged* the Government of Tajikistan to raise health expenditure up to...

Français GENEVA (31 May 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, will visit Tunisia from 3 to 9 June as part of his yearlong study on the...

GENEVA (31 May 2012) – The Committee on the Rights of the Child on Thursday strongly deplored the massacre that took place in the El Houleh area of Homs in Syria on 25 and 26 May in which at least 108...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 31 May 2012 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined third and fourth periodic report of Viet Nam on its implementation of the...

BAGHDAD / GENEVA (30 May 2012) – “The human rights situation in Iraq remains fragile as the country continues its transition from years of dictatorship, conflict, and violence, to peace and democracy...

Romanian | Russian CHISINAU, 30 May 2012 – Since its independence and in the past decade, Moldova has made significant progress in creating the legal framework for equality between men and women...