Committee on the Rights of the Child 30 May 2016 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Bulgaria on its...

GENEVA (31 May 2016) – The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is meeting in Geneva from 6 to 24 June to review the following countries: France (6-7 June); Sweden (7-8 June); Honduras...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 31 May 2016 (1) Flogging in Iran We condemn the outrageous flogging of up to 35 young men and women...

GENEVA (31 May 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Luxembourg on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention...

31 May 2016 Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, I am honoured to present to you the Annual Report of my Office for 2015. Following this discussion, I will brief you at some length on our ongoing...

Spanish Tegucigalpa, 27 May 2016 Introduction 1.1 Summary of visit From 23 to 27 May 2016, I conducted an official visit to Honduras. I wish to thank the Government for extending the invitation to me...

Spanish GENEVA / TEGUCIGALPA (30 May 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, urged the Honduran authorities to strengthen...

GENEVA (30 May 2016) – A high-level UN human rights advisory body today expressed alarm over a series of verbal attacks and threats against one of its members, prominent Mexican human rights defender...

French Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein GENEVA (30 May 2016) - “I warmly welcome the verdict of the special court in Senegal convicting the former President of...