12th Meeting of States Parties to the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Convention Chairperson, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that I address you at the 12th Meeting of States...

4 December 2012 Palais des Nations Room XX Mr. Chair, Madame President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates and participants, Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to welcome all of you to Geneva...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Date : 4 December 2012 Subjects: 1) Iran 2) Human Rights Day 1) Iran The High Commissioner for Human...

Palais des Nations Room XX Honourable Chair, Excellencies, Distinguished Working Group members, Distinguished delegates and participants, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honour for me to be...

ATHENS (3 December 2012): Following an invitation by the Government, I conducted a visit to Greece from 25 November to 3 December 2012. During my 9-day visit, I visited Athens, the Evros region...

The soldiers who marched into Goma this week are led by the world's worst violators of human rights. They must be held responsible Navi Pillay The following opinion editorial was published by the...

ATHENS / GENEVA (3 December 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, stressed today that the plight of the growing number of irregular migrants...