ROUNDUP RELEASE Establishes a Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, Creates an Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Accountability of Private Military and Security...

French GENEVA (28 September 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Ms. Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, will conduct her first official visit to France...

Addresses by Ms. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, 28 September 2017 Salle XX, Palais des Nations Mr. President, Members of the Human Rights Council...

Human Rights Council MORNING 28 September 2017 The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its interactive dialogue with Marie-Therese Keita-Bocoum, Independent Expert on the situation of human...

GENEVA (28 September 2017) - UN experts* have called on the Spanish authorities to ensure that measures taken ahead of the Catalan referendum on 1 October do not interfere with the fundamental rights...

MIDDAY Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Reports on Cambodia, Georgia and Yemen GENEVA (28 September 2017) - The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a general debate on...

GENEVA (28 September 2017) – The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent will undertake its first official visit to Guyana from 2 to 6 October 2017 to study the human...

GENEVA (28 September 2017) – The decision to allow women in Saudi Arabia to drive is a first major step towards women's autonomy and independence, but much remains to be done to deliver gender...

Excellencies, At a time when human rights are under increasing attack in many parts of the world, we should at least acknowledge when there is some progress. And the growth of awareness of this...