GENEVA (26 November 2014) – Guatemala, Italy, Nauru and the Philippines are among the countries the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) plans to visit in 2015. In addition...

26 November 2014 Dear President Obama: We, as United Nations independent experts working on behalf of human rights victims around the world, are writing to urge you to agree to the release of the...

GENEVA (26 November 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday urged US President Barack Obama to support the fullest possible release of the report on Central Intelligence...

GENEVA (26 November 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* have urged the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan to reject a bill that would introduce criminal and administrative sanctions for acts...

GENEVA (25 November 2014) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, today warned that the audit of the justice sector and the dismissal of all...

GENEVA (25 November 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and on the right to adequate housing today called on the Government of Israel to end its...

Bujumbura (25 November 2014) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, expressed regret today that defenders in Burundi are deemed to be political opponents...

The following statement was issued by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, in Geneva on 25 November 2014 The Grand Jury’s decision not to charge a police officer who...

For the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women GENEVA (25 November 2014) – Stronger, concerted efforts by all national and international actors are essential to prevent and...