Korean vesion Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context Ms. Leilani Farha 23 May 2018...

Link to German version at end of press release Vienna (22 May 2018) – In a speech delivered Tuesday at an international conference marking the 25th anniversary of a landmark human rights declaration...

GENEVA (22 May 2018) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the initial report of the Russian Federation under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child...

Committee on Enforced Disappearances 22 May 2018 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its fourteenth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it will examine...

Dublin, 21 May 2018 Let me start by thanking the Government of Ireland for the invitation extended to me to undertake this visit from the 14th to the 21st of May 2018. This is the first visit of a UN...

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein 18 May 2018 Mr. President, Appalling recent events in Gaza have called this Council into Special Session. Since the protests...

Spanish Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 18 May 2018 (1) Guatemala We are concerned about what appears to be a deteriorating climate...

GENEVA (18 May 2018) – UN human rights experts* have called on the Government of Israel to rescind its decision of 7 May to cancel the work permit of Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine Director for...

ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Belarus, Czech Republic, Norway, Qatar, Senegal and Tajikistan GENEVA (18 May 2018) - The Committee against Torture today concluded its sixty...