Tarawa, Kiribati 25 July 2012 Introduction From 23 to 26 July 2012, I am undertaking an official visit to Kiribati at the invitation of the Government. I am honored to be the first United Nations...

GENEVA (25 July 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, will undertake a visit to the country from 30 July to 4 August 2012, at the...

TARAWA/GENEVA (25 July 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, has called on the Government of Kiribati to address the human rights...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Date : 24 July 2012 (1) Côte d’Ivoire We condemn the attack on a relocation camp for internally displaced...

Human Rights Committee 24 July 2012 The Human Rights Committee held a meeting this morning to hear the progress report of the Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations and of the Rapporteur...

TARAWA / GENEVA (20 July 2012) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque continues her country missions in the Pacific and will visit Kiribati from 23 to 26 July 2012 to examine the...

The world’s collective response to HIV three decades ago can be summed up in one word: shameful. At worst, people living with HIV were, inexplicably, chained to their beds, detained, turned away from...