Summary In this report, the Special Rapporteur examines whether, and in which circumstances, the extra-custodial use of force by State agents amounts to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading...

GENEVA (21 July 2017) - The Human Rights Committee this afternoon held its ninth informal meeting with States parties, discussing issues such as the backlog in individual communications facing the...

Seoul Global Centre, 21 July 2017 I have just ended a five-day visit to the Republic of Korea in my capacity as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 21 July 2017 (1) Yemen Our office in Yemen has gathered more information about a deadly airstrike...

Yangon, 21 July 2017 Thank you for the opportunity to address you again this evening. I would like to start by expressing my sympathies to Myanmar at the damage recently caused by the Cyclone Mora...

ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Italy, Thailand, Romania, Costa Rica, Montenegro, Barbados, Niger and Nigeria GENEVA (21 July 2017) - The Committee on the Elimination of...