BAGHDAD/GENEVA (18 July 2014) – A UN report released Friday documents a litany of serious human rights violations committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and associated armed...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date : 18 July 2014 Subject: 1) Iraq and 2) Cambodia 1) Iraq A UN report released today documents a...

GENEVA / NAIROBI (17 July 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, will visit Kenya from 22 to 29 July 2014 to assess the country...

Geneva, 17 July 2014 Palais des Nations, Room XII Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, The trade in and exploitation of human beings through trafficking is one of the gravest and most comprehensive...

Côte d'Ivoire – Durable solutions for Internally Displaced Persons are essential to secure peace, reconciliation, and development – UN Expert GENEVA (17 July 2014) –“Internally Displaced Persons and...

GENEVA (17 July 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Heiner Bielefeldt, will visit Viet Nam from 21 to 31 July 2014 to assess the situation in the country regarding the promotion and protection...

Human Rights Committee 17 July 2014 The Human Rights Committee today started its second reading of the draft General Comment on article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on...

This Guide explains the Universal Periodic Review mechanism, through which the Human Rights Council reviews, on a periodic basis, the fulfilment by each of the 193 United Nations Member States of...

16 July 2014 Good morning, and thank you all for attending. As you know, my Office – and more broadly, the United Nations – has been deeply concerned about the implications of digital surveillance...