GENEVA (24 November 2016) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Nils Melzer will visit Turkey from 27 November to 2 December to identify and assess the main developments and challenges related to...

Committee against Torture 24 November 2016 The Committee against Torture this morning reviewed the implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture in Cabo Verde in the absence of a...

Committee against Torture 24 November 2016 The Committee against Torture completed this afternoon its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Armenia on the implementation of the provisions of...

24 November 2016 Mister Chairperson, High Commissioner, Distinguished delegates and participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the President of the Human Rights Council, it is a great pleasure...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 23 November 2016 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination completed this morning its consideration of the combined twenty-first...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 23 November 2016 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon held consultations with civil society, under the title...

GENEVA (23 November 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Mutuma Ruteere, will carry out a follow-up visit to Australia from 28 November to 5 December 2016 to...

GENEVA (23 November 2016) – Togo’s record on tackling racial discrimination will face scrutiny by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on 28 and 29 November. Togo is one of...

GENEVA (23 November 2016) – United Nations expert Maina Kiai has expressed serious alarm at Egypt’s approval of a draft law which would impose major restrictions on the work of non-governmental...