GENEVA (20 April 2017) – The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has called for accountability for the reprehensible acts being committed against children in Syria.　 “Yet again, children are...

Geneva (20 April 2017) - Following an invitation by the Government of Cuba, I conducted an official visit to the country from 10 to 14 April 2017 to assess the situation of trafficking in persons...

GENEVA (20 April 2017) – Cuba should introduce new legislation to ensure that everyone who falls victim to trafficking in persons can be identified and helped, and the authorities can take action...

The human rights treaty bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties. Each State party to a treaty has an obligation to take...

GENEVA (19 April 2017) – UN investigators in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have confirmed the existence of at least 17 further mass graves in Kasai Central Province, which has been the scene of...

GENEVA (19 April 2017) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is due to make its first visit to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from 23 to 29 April 2017 to assess...