GENEVA (17 January 2019) – Credible reports of the use of excessive force, including live ammunition, by State security forces against protestors across Sudan over the past month are deeply worrying...

GENEVA (17 January 2019) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Japan on measures taken to implement the...

Spanish GENEVA (17 January 2019) – Chile’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Tuesday, 22 January...

GENEVA (17 January 2019) – Viet Nam’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Tuesday, 22 January 2019...

Summary The Special Rapporteur, Hilal Elver, visited Argentina from 12 to 21 September 2018 in the midst of an economic and financial crisis that is having a direct impact on people. The report...

Dari | Pashto GENEVA (16 January 2019) – Afghanistan’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday...

French | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (16 January 2019) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday urged States to step up their support in 2019 in order to fund what she...

GENEVA (16 January 2019) – New Zealands’ human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday, 21 January...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 16 January 2019 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its examination of the fifth periodic report of Syria on measures taken to implement the...