Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 26 August 2013 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today considered the combined seventeenth to twenty-second periodic...

SEOUL, August 26 -- A UN inquiry into human rights in North Korea on Tuesday completes a 10-day mission to Seoul, half of it devoted to often dramatic public hearings in which more than 40 witnesses –...

TOKYO, August 23 -- A United Nations commission of inquiry examining the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea moves next week to Japan, where it will hold two days of...

23 August 2013 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined nineteenth to twenty-first periodic reports of Sweden on its implementation...

GENEVA (23 August 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, today urged the United States Government to abolish the use of prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date : 23 August 2013 Subjects : Maldives GENEVA (23 August 2013) – We welcome the annulment on Wednesday...

GENEVA (22 AUGUST 2013) – Australia’s indefinite detention of 46 recognized refugees on security grounds amounted to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, inflicting serious psychological harm on...

YANGON / BANGKOK / GENEVA (22 August 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, said the country is moving forward in many areas...

22 August 2013 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined sixteenth to twentieth periodic reports of Jamaica on its implementation of...