GENEVA (18 February 2016) – As the European Union summit starts in Brussels, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, warns that it has become...

GENEVA (18 February 2016) – The record of the Czech Republic on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on 23 February. The Czech...

GENEVA (18 February 2016) – The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is due to review Namibia’s record for the first time on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 February. Namibia is one of the...

GENEVA (18 February 2016) - The sixteenth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will take place from 22 to 26 February 2016 in Room XX at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the...

GENEVA (18 February 2016) – The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is due to review Canada‘s record on Wednesday 24 February and Thursday 25 February. Canada is one of the 164 States...

BACKGROUND RELEASE Experts to review reports of Namibia, Canada and Kenya GENEVA (18 February 2016) - The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will meet at the Palais des Nations in...

GENEVA (18 February 2016) – The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women today considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Sweden on its implementation of the...

GENEVA (17 February 2016) – Australia violated the rights of former Guantanamo inmate David Hicks by keeping him in jail for several months under a transfer deal agreed with the US authorities...

GENEVE / BAMAKO (17 février 2016) – L’Expert indépendant des Nations Unies sur la situation des droits de l’homme au Mali, Suliman Baldo, effectuera sa sixième visite officielle dans le pays du 21...

GENEVA (17 February 2016) – The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is meeting in Geneva from 22 February to 4 March to review Namibia (23-24 Feb); Canada (24-25 Feb); Kenya (25-26...