Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies and Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, In my interim report to this Council on the human rights situation in the Central...

Human Rights Council MORNING 20 January 2014 Message of the United Nations Secretary-General Warns Central African Republic is in Freefall, and this Crisis of Epic Proportions Requires Immediate...

Geneva, Switzerland, 20 January 2014 I thank the African Group for taking the initiative to call this special session on the Central African Republic– a crisis of epic proportions which requires...

Geneva, 20 January 2014 Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delivering this statement on behalf of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures of the Human Rights...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 20 January 2014 The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic after adopting a...

Human Rights Council ROUNDUP 20 January 2014 Marie-Therese Keita Bocoum of Côte d’Ivoire Named as Independent Expert The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the...

Geneva, 20 January 2014 Dr A.Saheed, President of the Universal Rights Group Mr. C. Mohabeer, Chief of Development and economic and social issues Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human...

PHNOM PENH / GENEVA (17 January 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, urged the main political parties in the country to...

JUBA/GENEVA/NEW YORK (17 January 2014) – Fighting in South Sudan has turned into a horrifying humanitarian and human rights disaster with mass atrocities committed by both sides, UN Assistant...

GENEVA (17 January 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, today urged the country’s authorities to investigate and clarify reports...