GENEVA (26 April 2016) – United Nations human rights experts Mónica Pinto and Juan E. Méndez will carry out a visit to Sri Lanka from 29 April to 7 May 2016 to assess recent developments and identify...

GENEVA / MEXICO (26 April 2016) - A group of United Nations human rights experts* said today that the final report by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (IGIE) of the Inter-American...

GENEVA (25 April 2016) – Oman’s record on tackling racial discrimination will face scrutiny by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on 27 and 28 April in meetings that will...

MOGADISHU/GENEVA (25 April 2016) – The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Bahame Tom Nyanduga, has called on the Government to enhance the capacity of the judiciary and...

GENEVE / CONAKRY (25 April 2016) – A new UN report released Monday says that, despite being forbidden by national and international law, female genital mutilation and/or excision shows no sign of...

Polish Warsaw, 25 April 2016 Members of the press, ladies and gentlemen, Dobry dzień. (Good day in Polish) I am addressing you today at the conclusion of my official visit to Poland, which I undertook...

Arabic GENEVA (25 April 2016) – Iraq must immediately take concrete steps to plan for “the day after” the defeat of ISIL, grounded in equality, the rule of law and a vision that has earned the...

GENEVA (25 April 2016) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers has published it finding on the countries it examined during its latest session from 11 to 22 April: Mauritania, Lesotho...

Polish WARSAW / GENEVA (25 April 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Ms. Hilal Elver, has ended an eight-day visit to Poland calling on the Government to consider the...