Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 22 November 2012 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today reviewed the situation in Equatorial Guinea in the absence of a report...

GENEVA (22 November 2012) -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday expressed serious concern about the executions of 14 prisoners at the Pul-e-Charkhi prison on the...

GENEVA (22 November 2012) – While welcoming the ceasefire which started last night, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on Thursday expressed its “deep concern at the devastating...

GENEVA (22 November 2012) – The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, Mr. Michel Forst, will visit Haiti from 25 to 30 November 2012, to assess the human rights situation since...

GENEVA / PORT LOUIS (22 November 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau regrets that migrants’ rights are not yet a central pillar of the...

GENEVA / ATHENS (21 November 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, will visit Greece from 25 November to 3 December as part of his yearlong...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 21 November 2012 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Iceland on...

GENEVA / NEW YORK (20 November 2012) – Five top United Nations child rights experts* today urged world Governments to adopt more active measures to protect children from all forms of violence, prevent...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Date : 20 November 2012 Subject: 1) Gaza and 2) Democratic Republic of the Congo 1) Gaza The High...