MAJURO / GENEVA (30 March 2012) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Calin Georgescu warned Friday that the communities affected by nuclear testing over sixty years ago in the Marshall Islands are “yet...

GENEVA (30 March 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, said that Myanmar’s by-elections on 1 April will be a key test of progress...

GENEVA (30 March 2012) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will make an official visit to Barbados, at the invitation of the Government, from 3-5 April 2012. It will be the first...

Geneva, 30 March 2012 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to present OHCHR’s biennial plan for 2012-2013. As you might have noticed, the plan is now published under a new name: “OHCHR...

30 March 2012 Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Subject : Chile In Chile, a 24 year-old gay man, Daniel Zamudio, died on Tuesday 27 March...

NEW DELHI (30 March 2012) –– The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, called on the Government of India to continue to take measures to...

Committee on Enforced Disappearances ROUND-UP 30 March 2012 Adopts Report of the Session, Annual Report for the General Assembly and Agenda for the Third Session The Committee on Enforced...

GENEVA / N’DJAMENA / NIAMEY (29 March 2012) – The United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wha Kang, on Sunday begins a six-day mission to Chad and Niger to discuss a wide range...

Committee on Enforced Disappearances 29 March 2012 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances held three consecutive public meetings this morning in which it met with United Nations Member States who...