Summary In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 39/3 , the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) prepared a draft plan of action for the fourth phase (2020...

GENEVA (30 April 2019) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday expressed grave concern that thousands of civilians remain stranded in conflict-affected areas in Tripoli...

GENEVA (30 April 2019) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighteenth to twenty-fifth periodic report of Hungary on its...

GENEVA (30 April 2019) - The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Germany on measures taken to implement the provisions of the...

Spanish GENEVA (30 April 2019) – The UN expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, will visit Bolivia from 6 to 15 May to examine the Government’s efforts to realise human rights...

GENEVA (30 April 2019) - UN experts* have called on Indian authorities to immediately release human rights defender Dr. G.N. Saibaba, a person with disabilities whose health is seriously deteriorating...

Summary While judges and prosecutors enjoy the fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in human rights instruments, as public officials, they have special duties and responsibilities that justify...

Summary The present report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, E. Tendayi Achiume, is being submitted to the Human...

Address by Ms. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Belfast, Monday 29 April 2019 Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Deirdre Hargey; Chief Commissioner of the Northern...