Saturday 31 October 2015 – 15:30 pm Mr. Secretary-General, Maestro Barenboim, Mr. Director-General, Mr. High Commissioner , Mr. High Representative, Mr. Moratinos, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen...

GENEVA / TEGUCIGALPA (30 October 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, will carry out her first official visit to Honduras from 2 to...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location : Geneva Date : 30 October 2015 Subject : Cambodia We are concerned about the worsening climate for opposition...

NEW YORK (29 October 2015) – Hundreds of foreign nationals face the death penalty around the world after trials that may not meet the highest - or in some cases even the lowest - standards of fairness...

GENEVA (30 October 2015) – Brazil continues to face overwhelming challenges in preventing and combatting torture and ill-treatment of people in detention, UN experts have said at the end of a 12-day...

NEW YORK (30 October 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, has called on all UN Member States to focus on strengthening the right to education when...

30 octobre 2015 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its discussion on the draft General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 30 October 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fifth and sixth periodic report...

NEW YORK (29 October 2015) -- A wide range of systematic human rights violations continue to take place in Eritrea where a climate of fear and lack of hope for a life in dignity and freedom, sparking...