Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Date : 26 September 2014 Location: Geneva Subject : Afghanistan Afghanistan We are disappointed that the Supreme Court of...

Human Rights Council MORNING 26 September 2014 Council Renews Mandates on the Central African Republic, Sudan, Hazardous Substances and Wastes, and People of African Descent The Human Rights Council...

26 September 2014 The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Baudelaire Ndong Ella (Gabon), announced today the appointment of Mike Smith of Australia and Victor Dankwa of Ghana who will...

ROUNDUP 26 September 2014 Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the reports of Belgium and Paraguay The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its seventh session this afternoon...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 26 September 2014 Adopts Four Presidential Statements, Resolutions on Civil Society Space and Foreign Debt, and Appoints Seven Members of the Advisory Committee The...

Human Rights Council ROUNDUP 26 September 2014 Creates Mandate on Unilateral Coercive Measures; Adopts Resolutions on Sexual Orientation and on Civil Society Space, and Extends Several Mandates The...

GENEVA (25 September 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, today urged the Government of Ukraine to establish more...