GENEVA (19 April 2018) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is meeting in Geneva from 23 April to 11 May 2018 to review the following countries: Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania...

TUNIS (19 April 2018) - Tunisia has continued to make progress on democracy since the revolution more than seven years ago, including a Constitution guaranteeing fundamental rights for all Tunisians...

GENEVA (19 April 2018) – UN human rights expert Rosa Kornfeld-Matte will carry out her first official visit to Montenegro from 23 to 30 April 2018 to assess the human rights situation of older persons...

Indonesian GENEVA (19 April 2018) – Indonesia’s successful policies to increase rice production should be linked to fulfilling its obligation to the right to food for all, Hilal Elver, the UN Special...

GENEVA (19 April 2018) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will for the first time visit Belize from 22 to 27 April to advise the Government on the establishment of a...

Statement by UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein Washington, 20 April 2018 Senator Coons, Colleagues, Friends, It is a pleasure to be in such good company today, to mark this 70th year of the...