Human Rights Committee 18 October 2019 Proliferation of Hate Speech by Politicians, Hostile Rhetoric against Journalists, Lack of Judicial Independence, Discrimination against Roma, and the Migration...

GENEVA (18 October 2019) – Israel must immediately investigate allegations that a Palestinian man, Samer Al-A'rbeed, was tortured in custody, say UN human rights experts*. According to information...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 18 October 2019 Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Switzerland, Israel, Ecuador, Senegal, Denmark and Slovakia The...

Human Rights Committee 18 October 2019 The Human Rights Committee today continued the first reading of draft General Comment No. 37 on article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political...

Harvard Kennedy School of Government 18 October 2019 I’m delighted to have this opportunity to speak and to listen to you. You are in a place, the Kennedy School of Government, where thinking about...

GENEVA (17 October 2019) – Antisemitism is toxic to democracy and poses a threat to all societies if left unaddressed, warned the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed...

NEW YORK (17 October 2019) – The overall environment in Belarus remains hostile to dissident opinions and unduly restricts civil and political rights, says UN expert Anaïs Marin. "I regret the absence...

GENEVA (18 October 2019) — The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from 21 October to 8 November to review the situation of women's rights in...

​ Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 18 October 2019 Subject: Ecuador Ecuador A team of three from the UN Human Rights Office is due...