GENEVA (28 May 2013) – “Participation is a fundamental human right, not a simple policy option that policymakers can choose not to implement,” United Nations Special Rapporteur Magdalena Sepúlveda...

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 28 May 2013 The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today held a clustered interactive dialogue with Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons...

GENEVA (27 May 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggya will visit the Republic of Korea from 29 May to 7 June 2013 to evaluate the situation of human rights defenders in the...

GENEVA / JAKARTA (27 May 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik will conduct her first official visit to Indonesia from 30 May to 11 June 2013 to collect first-hand information on the...

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies and colleagues, It is, as ever, an honour to open this session of the Human Rights Council. I come to this task today in...

Phnom Penh, 25 May 2013 I have completed my ninth human rights fact-finding mission to the Kingdom of Cambodia today and what I propose to outline are my initial findings and thoughts about the human...

GENEVA / PHNOM PENH (27 May 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, called on the Cambodian Government to keep moving forward on...

ISTANBUL (26 May 2013) -- Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic issued the following statement at the end of his visit to Turkmenistan: "On 24 - 25 May I visited Turkmenistan...

Human Rights Council MORNING 27 May 2013 Council Postpones Decision on Holding an Urgent Debate on the Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in Syria The Human Rights Council this morning opened its...