Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 19 June 2015 The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual day-long discussion on the human rights of women with a panel focusing on women’s participation...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 19 June 2015 ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Kyrgyzstan, Venezuela, Mongolia, Thailand, Ireland, Chile and...

Geneva, 18 June 2015 Mister President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour to address the Human Rights Council today as Special Rapporteur on the right to education. I take this...

GENEVA (18 June 2015) – A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will visit Malta from 23 to 25 June 2015 to follow up on its 2009 recommendations*, while continue its...

GENEVA (18 June 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, called for a new treaty binding businesses to respect...

The current situation in Burundi deserves our fullest attention. Journalists, human rights defenders, and common citizens have been under attack for exercising their rights to freedom of expression...

GENEVA (18 June 2015) – The treatment of children in judicial proceedings, both civil and criminal, is not satisfactory if not unacceptable, United Nations human rights expert Gabriela Knaul warned...

Human Rights Council MORNING 18 June 2015 Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Freedom of Opinion and Expression and on Peaceful Assembly and Association The Human Rights Council this morning held a...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 18 June 2015 Holds Dialogue with Co-Facilitator of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a...

18 June 2015 Excellencies, Distinguished Colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to warmly thank the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the OHCHR as well as the Geneva Academy for hosting this important...