23 May 2014 Madam Chairperson, Distinguished panellists and participants, Ladies and gentlemen, It is my pleasure to welcome you to this workshop on behalf of the Office of the High Commissioner for...

Human Rights Committee 22 July 2014 The Human Rights Committee today continued its second reading of the draft General Comment on article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...

GENEVA (22 July 2014) – Following the announcement today of the agreement reached between the two main political parties in Cambodia and the subsequent release of the opposition party members arrested...

GENEVA / NEW YORK (18 July 2014) – The new United Nations sustainable development goals must not be a step backwards for indigenous peoples, a group of UN experts* on indigenous peoples has warned...

The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-first Special Session on Wednesday, 23 July on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. The President...

Human Rights Committee 18 July 2014 The Human Rights Committee today continued its second reading of the draft General Comment on article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 18 July 2014 ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Central African Republic, Georgia, India, Lithuania...

Excellencies, friends, colleagues, We are about to watch a film about a time when the people of the world united in favour of equality, dignity, forgiveness and joy. Thousands of kilometres away from...