GENEVA (24 February 2017) – United Nations human rights experts* are calling on Bangladesh to act now to halt an increasing number of enforced disappearances in the country. The UN Working Group on...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 24 February 2017 Subject: (1) Israel: Elor Azaria case "We are deeply disturbed at the lenient...

GENEVA / BUENOS AIRES (24 February 2017) – United Nations human rights expert Vitit Muntarbhorn is to make the first visit of its kind to Argentina to assess progress made towards eliminating violence...

GENEVA (24 February 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment,* John H. Knox, is urging the Government of Kenya to take all necessary measures immediately to...

ROUNDUP GENEVA (24 February 2017) - The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its eighteenth session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 20 to 24 February 2017...

GENEVA (24 February 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on summary executions, Agnes Callamard, has appealed to the Government of Malaysia to halt the execution of two brothers convicted of...

ROUNDUP GENEVA (24 February 2017) - The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixtieth session. The week-long session focused on substantive issues, including a...