Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 March 2017 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Armenia on its...

Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers BACKGROUND RELEASE 30 March 2017 Committee to Consider Situation in Bangladesh, Jamaica and Nigeria The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant...

29 March 2017 Mr President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Excellencies, Please allow me to welcome Her Excellency President Michelle Bachelet of Chile to the Human Rights Council. I regret...

Human Rights Council 29 March 2017 Michelle Bachelet, the President of Chile, this morning addressed a special meeting of the Human Rights Council, saying that Chile had made a commitment to head an...

Human Rights Committee ROUNDUP 29 March 2017 Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Bangladesh, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Italy, Thailand, and Bosnia and Herzegovina The Human Rights...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 29 March 2017 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Jordan on its...

Geneva (29 March 2017) – UN human rights experts* are calling on the authorities in the Russian Federation to release immediately everyone arrested in peaceful demonstrations across the country on...

Summary In this ground-breaking report, the Special Rapporteur questions the status quo in the current psychiatry that has led to the mistrust of many users, to their disempowerment and stigmatization...