General information A meeting of States parties will take place in New York (Conference Building, Room 3) on 18 February 2014 at 10 a.m. The purpose of this extraordinary meeting is to conduct one by...

GENEVA (17 February 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged Kenya to repeal sections of the Marriage and Property Act which effectively deny women the right to marital...

GENEVA (17 February 2014) – A wide array of crimes against humanity, arising from “policies established at the highest level of State,” have been committed and continue to take place in the Democratic...

17 February 2014 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined seventh to ninth periodic reports of Switzerland on its implementation of...

GENEVA / BAMAKO (14 February 2014) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, Suliman Baldo, will undertake his second information-gathering mission to the...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 14 February 2014 Subjects: 1) Syria 2) Venezuela 3) Turkey 1) Syria We are deeply alarmed at reports...

GENEVA (14 February 2014) – United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák, will carry out her first official visit to Nigeria between 17 to 28 February 2014, to examine the...

Madame President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Thank you for this opportunity to address you. I will base my remarks on the experience gained over the past few years by my Office and...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 14 February 2014 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined fourteenth to...