25 September 2015 I am delighted to welcome you to this Side Event on Human Rights Education and Training: Achievements and Perspectives organized by the Platform for Human Rights Education and...

Portuguese BRASILIA (24 September 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák, today warned that “minority groups in Brazil have not seen the promises of equality...

PHNOM PENH / GENEVA (25 September 2015) – The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith, today called on the Cambodian authorities to urgently...

Human Rights Council MORNING 25 September 2015 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Andorra, Bulgaria and Honduras. Ester Fenoll Garcia, State...

Press statement It is an honour and a pleasure for me to have undertaken my first mission to the Kingdom of Cambodia since my appointment by the United Nations Human Rights Council in March 2015 as...

GENEVA (25 September 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Francois Crépeau, today announced the postponement of his planned official visit to Australia due to...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 25 September 2015 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the fifth report of Italy on the implementation of the...

25 September 2015 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined second to third periodic report of Timor-Leste on its implementation of the provisions of...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 25 September 2015 Starts General Debate on the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic...

Excellencies, Inequalities and discrimination are the defining challenge of our time. It is an intolerable fact of our age that the 85 richest people in the world own as much as the poorest 3.5...