GENEVA (12 July 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson will undertake an official visit to Chile from 17 to 30 July 2013. This will be the first visit to the country by an independent...

GENEVA (12 July 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, today celebrates the impact that Malala Yousafzai has had by risking her life to get the...

GENEVA (12 July 2013) – The situation of Edward Snowden and alleged large-scale violations of the right of privacy by surveillance programmes raise a number of important international human rights...

GENEVA/NEW YORK (12 July 2013): The following joint statement has been issued on Friday by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos: “We are...

Human Rights Committee 12 July 2013 The Human Rights Committee today considered the sixth periodic report of Finland on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 12 July 2013 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined sixth and seventh periodic report...

GENEVA /TOKYO (11 July 2013) – United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt Cephas Lumina will visit Japan from 16 to 19 July 2013 to assess the impact of its official development assistance to...

GENEVA (11 July 2013) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, will conduct an official visit to Colombia from 16 to 19 July 2013, at the invitation of the Government of Colombia...

GENEVA (11 July 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Belarus, Miklos Haraszti, will visit Vilnius, Lithuania, from 11-14 July 2013 to hold consultations with representatives of Belarusian...