The present report is submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 71/204, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy-second session on the...

NEW YORK (31 October 2017) – The legacies of early forms of racism, including colonialism, coupled with a global toxic discourse are fuelling and fanning the flames of racial discrimination throughout...

Third Committee, Items 71 (a & b): 31 October 2017 New York Mr. Chairperson, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Colleagues and friends from the United Nations family and Non-governmental...

GENEVA (31 October 2017) - The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) carried out its first visit to Morocco from 22 to 28 October 2017. The visit’s main objective was to advise...

NEW YORK (31 October 2017) – States must do more to combat racism, Islamophobia and discrimination which are worsening amid the ongoing terrorism threat and are in some cases being fuelled by anti...

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 31 October 2017 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Israel on...

Spanish GENEVA (30 October 2017) - Puerto Rico remains without an effective emergency response more than a month after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, a group of UN human rights experts* has...

NEW YORK (30 October 2017) - A glaring gap remains in addressing and protecting the human rights of minorities, who represent some of the world’s most vulnerable and marginalised segments of society...

Human Rights Committee 30 October 2017 The Human Rights Committee today discussed the progress report on the Follow-Up to Concluding Observations, and the progress report on the Follow-up to Views...