Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Cécile Pouilly Location: Geneva Date: 23 February 2016 We are concerned by the tense post-electoral situation in Uganda, with reports of at...

GENEVA (23 February 2016) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of the Czech Republic on how it implements the provisions of the...

GENEVA (23 February 2016) - The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-first regular session from 29 February to 24 March in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at...

GENEVA (23 February 2016) – “I very much welcome this plan, and hope no further obstacles are placed in the way of its implementation. The Guantanamo regime, with all that it entailed, has been a...

GENEVA (23 February 2016) – Tanzania’s record on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on 26 February. Tanzania has ratified...

GENEVA (22 February 2016) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to hear information on the...

22 February 2016 Chairperson, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that I have the opportunity to address...

22 February 2016 M. Le Président du Conseil des droits de l’homme, M. Le Président du Comité consultatif, Distingués membres du Comité, Excellences, Mesdames, Messieurs, J’ai l’honneur et le plaisir...

GENEVA (22 February 2016) – The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is due to review Kenya‘s record on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 February. Kenya is one of the 164 States* that have...

GENEVA (22 February 2016) – Haiti’s record on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on 25 February. Haiti has ratified the...