GENEVA (31 March 2015) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed alarm about the fast deteriorating human rights situation in Yemen since 22 January when the...

GENEVA (31 March 2015) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Bahame Tom Mukirya Nyanduga, condemns the terrorist attack in Mogadishu city on 27 March...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 31 March 2015 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Croatia on its...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Cécile Pouilly Location: Geneva Date: 31 March 2015 Subjects: (1) Yemen (2) Syria (3) Somalia (1) Yemen A press release will be issued...

GENEVA/ MEXICO CITY (30 March 2015) – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention* today welcomed the release of Alfonso Martín del Campo Dodd in Mexico, whose detention the Working Group...

Human Rights Council 30 March 2015 The Human Rights Council observed a minute of silence this afternoon in memory of Ambassador Yusuf Mohamed Ismail “Bari Bari”, Permanent Representative of the...

Human Rights Committee 30 March 2015 The Human Rights Committee today discussed and adopted a progress report by the Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations and a progress report by the...

ROUNDUP 27 March 2015 Creates new mandates on right to privacy and rights of persons with albinism, also adopts resolutions on Syria, Libya and Iraq The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty...