GENEVA (17 August 2016) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will review Guatemala on 22 and 23 August in sessions that will be webcast live. Guatemala is one of the...

GENEVA (16 August 2016) – The systematic harassment of the Shia population by the authorities in Bahrain, including stripping many of them of citizenship, is deeply concerning, a group of United...

GENEVA (16 August 2016 ) - The Commission is gravely concerned for the safety of civilians, including a reported 100,000 children, living in eastern Aleppo city, where violence has reached new heights...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 16 August 2016 We urge the Congolese authorities to promptly investigate a massacre that occurred...

GENEVA (16 August 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Uruguay on its implementation of the Convention on the...

GENEVA (16 August 2016) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 16 August concluded the examination of the combined tenth to seventeenth periodic report of Sri Lanka on its...

GENEVA (15 August 2016) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will review the United Arab Emirates on 18 and 19 August in sessions that will be webcast live. The UAE is...