GENEVA (14 November 2014) – United Nations Independent Expert Rosa Kornfeld-Matte will carry out her first official visit to Slovenia from 17 to 21 November 2014 to assess the human rights situation...

On the occasion of the Third Global Dementia Legacy Event in Japan, the first United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Ms. Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, calls...

SEOUL (14 November 2014) – This is the fourth visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) in my capacity as UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 14 November 2014 Libya We are alarmed by the escalating violence in Libya with reports of increased...

GENEVA (14 November 2014) – The UN commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic has documented shocking accounts of the armed group’s use of terror to subjugate Syrians living in its areas of...

( See statement in English and Korean below* ) SEOUL / GENEVA (14 November 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...

14 November 2014 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Montenegro on how it implements the provisions of the International...

14 November 2014 The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Croatia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention...