Summary The Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, having taken up his functions in May 2018, presents his preliminary vision of four main...

GENEVA (20 August 2018) – UN human rights experts* have welcomed a ruling in the Philippines declaring that the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, is a...

GENEVA (20 August 2018) – The reunion of separated North and South Korean families has been welcomed by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic...

JUBA (20 August 2018 ) – Members of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan will today begin their fifth field mission to South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia. The mission will take...

I was profoundly saddened to hear of the passing of Kofi Annan - a global champion of peace, justice and human rights. Kofi Annan personified the notion of human rights. He was a unique visionary who...

18 August 2018 “I am grief-stricken over the death of Kofi Annan. Kofi was humanity’s best example, the epitome, of human decency and grace. In a world now filled with leaders who are anything but...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 17 August 2018 1. Cambodia elections We are concerned about the human rights environment around the...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined tenth and eleventh periodic report of Japan on its implementation of the provisions of the...