GENEVA (25 January 2019) – The UN human rights expert Agnès Callamard is to head an international inquiry into the killing of Saudi journalist Mr. Jamal Khashoggi, starting with a visit to Turkey from...

Dhaka, 25 January 2019 Ladies and Gentlemen, Over the last ten days, I have visited Thailand and Bangladesh, I have spoken to a range of people from Myanmar, as well as authorities, UN agencies...

Khmer GENEVA (25 January 2019) – Cambodia’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday, 30...

Spanish GENEVA / MADRID (25 January 2019) – Spain must fully implement its laws to ensure that minorities can enjoy their human rights, says the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de...

GENEVA (25 January 2019) – The UN’s human rights expert on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, said today the Government was consolidating what military governments worked towards over many years, defying a pledge...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 25 January 2019 1) Malawi We are very concerned about an increase in political violence in Malawi...

GENEVA (25 January 2019) – A UN human rights expert today welcomed Angola’s decision to decriminalize same-sex relations, and urged other States to follow, saying such legislation was one of the root...

"Holocaust remembrance: Demand and defend your human rights" Sunday 27 January 2019 "On this day in 1945, the largest Nazi extermination camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated. Some 7,500 people were...

GENEVA (25 January 2019) – The Dominican Republic’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday...