BACKGROUND RELEASE Committee to Consider Situation in Philippines, Myanmar, France, Albania, Turkey, Uruguay, Mali and Trinidad and Tobago GENEVA (30 June 2016) - The Committee on the Elimination of...

GENEVA (30 June 2016) - The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its discussion and first reading on a draft General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and...

AFTERNOON The Human Rights Council this afternoon decided to appoint, for a period of three years, an Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation...

Human Rights Council EVENING 30 June 2016 The Human Rights Council this evening adopted nine texts, in which it extended the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food and the Working...

Russian | Romanian In my capacity as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues, I conducted an official visit to the Republic of Moldova between 20-29 June, 2016, at the invitation of...

GENEVA (30 June 2016) – Myanmar’s record on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on 7 July. Myanmar has ratified the...

Russian | Romanian CHISINAU / GENEVA (30 June 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák-Ndiaye, yesterday called on the Government of the Republic of Moldova to...

MORNING Hears Presentations on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Technical Assistance Programmes and from the Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation...

GENEVA (30 June 2016) – United Nations human rights expert Alfred de Zayas today deplored the conviction of two whistleblowers in the so-called LuxLeaks scandal, who revealed how tax avoidance and tax...

GENEVA (30 June 2016) - The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Argentina on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on...