Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 29 August 2019 ROUNDUP Also Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Poland, El Salvador, Mexico, the State of Palestine, Iceland...

GENEVA (28 August 2019) - The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dubravka Simonovic, welcomes the Canadian Government’s introduction of a bill which removes...

Sinhala version DOC | PDF 26 August 2019, Colombo Introduction I am happy to have undertaken, at the invitation of the government of Sri Lanka, a visit from 15-26 August to assess the situation of the...

Sinhala | Tamil versions GENEVA / COLOMBO (26 August 2019) – Simmering ethno-religious tensions in Sri Lanka require urgent action by the authorities to strengthen respect for freedom of religion or...

Delivered by Commission Chair Yasmin Sooka, Commission Member Andrew Clapham, and Commission Member Barney Afako Juba – 23 August 2019 Good Morning ladies and gentlemen and thank you for joining us...

22 August 2019 States must do more to stop hate crimes and promote interfaith initiatives, say UN rights experts GENEVA (21 August 2019) – States have an important role to play in promoting religious...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 17 August 2019 Hate speech, anti-Semitism, and racial discrimination in sports were also discussed Roma’s access to education, employment, and...

Persian version GENEVA (16 August 2019) – UN human rights experts* have condemned lengthy prison sentences against three Iranian women who are being arbitrarily detained for publicly protesting...