GENEVA (18 January 2016) – The vital flow of remittances from diaspora countries into Somalia is under threat as a result of necessary, but inadequately thought-through counter-terrorism measures...

GENEVA (18 January 2016) – Benin should immediately tackle overcrowding to alleviate the suffering of detainees and improve general conditions of detention, the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of...

GENEVA (15 January 2016) – Children’s rights in Zimbabwe will be reviewed by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on 19 January in sessions that will be webcast live. Zimbabwe is one of...

GENEVA (14 January 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Ireland on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention...

GENEVA (15 January 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein warned Friday that deeply worrying new trends are emerging in Burundi, including cases of sexual violence by...

WASHINGTON / GENEVA (15 January 2016) – The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent will carry out a fact-finding visit to the United States from 19 to 29 January 2016, at...

GENEVA (19 January 2016) – The review of Zambia by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child will now take place on Friday 22 January , not on Wednesday 20 January as originally scheduled. The CRC’s...

GENEVA (15 January 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined second and third periodic report of Haiti on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on...

GENEVA (15 January 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fourth and fifth periodic report of Peru on its implementation of the Convention on the...