GENEVA (24 September 2018) - The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its sixty-fourth session in Geneva, hearing a statement by Peggy Hicks, Director of the Thematic...

Statement by UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore 24 September 2018 Excellencies, Friends and colleagues, It is a pleasure to join these distinguished panellists and we owe a debt...

MIDDAY Holds General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories, and Begins General Debate on the Follow-up to and Implementation of the Vienna Declaration...

GENEVA (24 September 2018) - The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard from civil society organizations from Argentina, Mali and Germany, whose reports the Committee...

AFTERNOON GENEVA (24 September 2018) - The Human Right Council this afternoon held its annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and...

“Closing the inequality gap – human rights as a driver for successful business” Statement by High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet New-York, 24 September 2018 Excellencies...

​Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet New York, 24 September 2018 Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, It is a particular privilege to address this first Ministerial...

Polish GENEVA (24 September 2018) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, will visit Poland from 24 September to 5 October 2018 to assess efforts to...