GENEVA (26 May 2015) – The Third International Conference on Financing for Development should endorse and reinforce a human rights based approach to development, UN expert Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky has...

Belgrade, 25 May 2015 Introduction Serbia has gone through several historic events in the last decades, with far reaching consequences for the country. Not only the break-up of the former Yugoslavia...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Date : 26 May 2015 Subject : Kyrgyzstan "foreign agents" draft law The Kyrgyz parliament is scheduled to...

BELGRADE (26 May 2015) – Serbia has undergone enormous challenges in the last two decades and is currently facing structural adjustment, high unemployment and poverty. All of this has created a...

The following comments represent my preliminary findings following my official visit to the Syrian Arab Republic between 16 and 19 May 2015, conducted at the invitation of the Government. During my...

KHARTOUM (24 May 2015) – At the end of a twelve day mission to the Republic of Sudan, which took her to Khartoum, States of North and West Darfur and North Kordofan, Ms. Rashida Manjoo, United Nations...

GENEVA (26 May 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, today described the displacement crisis in Syria as “staggering in its...

Distinguished President, Excellencies, Thank you for inviting me to this informal briefing, which adds a new element to the Council's growing relevance to human rights around the world. It is very...

In this report, the Special Rapporteur addresses two linked questions: First, do the rights to privacy and freedom of opinion and expression protect secure online communication, specifically by encryption or anonymity? And second, assuming an affirmative answer, to what extent may governments, consistent with human rights law, impose restrictions on encryption and anonymity? The report seeks to answer these questions, review examples of State practice, and propose recommendations. The Special Rapporteur also prepared an additional companion document providing additional sources for those interested in additional research that supports the conclusions drawn in the report.