HANOI (29 November 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on cultural rights, Farida Shaheed, today called on the Government of Viet Nam “to expand the space for people to articulate their...

Panel discussions Palais des Nations, Room XXI Geneva, 28 November 2013 Mr. Chair, Distinguished Panellists, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Colleagues I would like to welcome you all to the...

GENEVA (28 November 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, welcomed the adoption of a resolution on the protection of the right...

PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW Friday 29 November at 10:0 0 am UNDP, 25-29 Phan Boi Chau Street, Hanoi HANOI (28 November 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on cultural rights, Farida Shaheed...

GENEVA (26 November 2013) – More than a thousand participants from over 100 countries will gather next week in Geneva for the Second United Nations Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights, making it...

GENEVA (26 November 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Falk today called for urgent action to address the power shortage in occupied Palestine that has left 1.7 million residents of the...

GENEVA (26 November 2013) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday warned that a new law regulating demonstrations in Egypt could lead to serious breaches of the right to freedom...

GENEVA (13 November 2013) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* will focus on enforced disappearance and economic, social and cultural rights in its next annual...

NEW YORK, 26 November, 2013: Today, United Nations Free & Equal – the UN human rights office's public information campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality – announced that...