GENEVA (30 August 2017) – Extensive human rights violations and abuses have been committed in the context of anti-Government protests in Venezuela and point to “the existence of a policy to repress...

GENEVA (30 August 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, David Kaye, and the Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aloáin, today...

Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers BACKGROUND RELEASE 30 August 2017 Committee to Consider Situation in Ecuador, Indonesia and Mexico The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant...

Committee on Enforced Disappearances BACKGROUND RELEASE 30 August 2017 Committee to Consider Reports of Gabon and Lithuania The Committee on Enforced Disappearances will review how Gabon and Lithuania...

Summary The present report reviews key developments regarding unilateral sanctions applied to certain countries and addresses certain aspects of the issue of extraterritoriality in relation to...

GENEVA (29 August 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed alarm at the violence and the incitement to further violence in the north of Rakhine State...

GENEVA (29 August) – At a time when enforced disappearance is practiced in every region, and in many countries is increasing, a group of UN human rights experts* urge all Member States to ratify the...

GENEVA (29 August 2017) – I am deeply disturbed by the unprecedented decision of the President of Guatemala, Jimmy Morales, to declare the head of the UN-backed International Commission against...