In the present study, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights sets out the standards on the human rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies, and presents a harmonized understanding of existing international humanitarian law under article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

WASHINGTON / GENEVA (30 November 2015) – A United Nations expert group on discrimination against women in law and in practice starts today in Washington DC the first ever official visit by UN...

German version GENEVA (30 November 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on hazardous substance and waste, Baskut Tuncak, today started his first official visit to Germany (30 November-7...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 27 November 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today considered the combined sixth to eighth periodic report of...

Spanish High time to protect sexual and reproductive rights defenders in the Americas GENEVA / WASHINGTON DC (26 November 2015) – Ahead of the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day on 29...

27 November 2015 I visited Honduras at the invitation of the Government between 23 and 27 November 2015. I held consultations with senior Government representatives, United Nations agencies, national...

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - Wednesday 2 December 2015 GENEVA (27 November 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and...

GENEVA (27 November 2015) – In the wake of the assassination of a Venezuelan opposition leader, Luis Diaz, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday called on...