GENEVA (17 January 2017) – Children’s rights in Georgia will be reviewed by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on 25 January in sessions that will be webcast live. Georgia is one of the 196...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 17 January 2017 (1) Iran We call on the Iranian authorities not to carry out the apparently imminent...

GENEVA (17 January 2016) - UN experts today urged the Islamic Republic of Iran to halt the possibly imminent execution of a juvenile offender. “We are deeply concerned that the life of a juvenile...

Summary In her 2017 thematic report to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur addressed the rise of fundamentalism and extremism, in diverse forms, and their grave impact on the enjoyment of...

GENEVA/JUBA (16 January 2017) – A UN report published today details the grave human rights violations and abuses – including killings and gang rapes – as well as serious violations of international...

GENEVA (16 January 2017) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its seventy-fourth session at the Palais Wilson this morning, hearing from Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human...

GENEVA (16 January 2017) – United Nations expert Baskut Tuncak will visit the United Kingdom from 17 to 31 January to assess the country’s human rights record in relation to the life cycle of...

Geneva, 16 January 2017 Mr. Chair, Distinguished members, Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to join in welcoming you to the seventy-fourth session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. May I...

To celebrate 30 years of empowering indigenous peoples to claim their rights, this booklet was developed to provide an overview of the fund. It covers the main milestones in promoting the...