Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Cécile Pouilly Location: Geneva Date: 31 December 2013 We welcome the pardon granted yesterday by President Thein Sein to political...

Summary The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing has been mandated to provide practical guidance for the implementation of the right to adequate housing. In the present report, she recommends a set...

GENEVA (27 December 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, today reiterated his call for calm and restraint as demonstrations are...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 27 December 2013 We are deeply concerned by the Anti-Homosexuality Bill passed by the Ugandan...

GENEVA (26 December 2013) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Shamsul Bari, today urged the Somali Federal Government to finalise and implement a human...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 26 December 2013 We are seriously concerned that charges of criminal defamation have been brought...