Allow me now to deliver a few remarks about reprisals. At the beginning of October, the Secretary-General announced here in Geneva that, after consultations with the High Commissioner, he had asked me...

30 November 2016 Thank you Mr President, Good morning, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, I thank you for this opportunity to discuss with you several recent developments and situations that...

BANGKOK / GENEVA (30 November 2016) – Five key steps are needed to end discrimination and violence against the worldwide LGBT community, a United Nations human rights expert has told an international...

30 November 2016 I visited the DRC last week for five days, following the High Commissioner's visit in July. I listened carefully to many voices. I met with the Vice-Prime Minister, several cabinet...

Portuguese GENEVA (30 November 2016) – Two United Nations human rights experts will visit Portugal from 5 to 13 December to examine the extent to which people’s rights to housing, water and sanitation...

30 November 2016 Thank you, Mr President. Excellencies, colleagues and friends, I have just returned from the privilege of representing the High Commissioner in Honduras , where I was joined by the...

GENEVA (30 November 2016) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fifteenth to seventeenth periodic report of Portugal on its...

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - Friday 2 December 2016 GENEVA (30 November 2016) – The abuse and exploitation of children as modern-day slaves cannot continue to be tolerated, two...

GENEVA (30 November 2016) – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has concluded its 77th regular session from 21 to 25 November in Geneva. The Working Group has a mandate to...

Scientific Symposium: “Delivering on the Promise of the Right to Rehabilitation” Mexico City, 5-8 December 2016 30 November 2016 Thank you for inviting me to address you at this Symposium of...