Greek GENEVA (29 March 2019) – The UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice will make its first official visit to Greece from 1 to 12 April 2019 to assess progress in...

Georgian GENEVA (29 March 2019) – The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights will undertake its first official country visit to Georgia from 3 to 12 April to assess efforts to...

French GENEVA (29 March 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, will conduct an official visit to Canada from 2 to 12 April 2019 to...

English with footnotes | Lao Vientiane, 28 March 2019 Introduction On paper, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic has made great progress in poverty reduction over recent decades. And after more than...

French GENEVA (19 March 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Diego García-Sayán, has announced that the necessary conditions for his visit to Morocco have not...

Spanish Buenos Aires, 18 March 2019 The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent thanks the Government of Argentina for its invitation to visit the country from 11 to 18 March 2019, and...

GENEVA (12 March 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, will undertake a human rights fact-finding visit to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic from 18...

Spanish GENEVA (8 March 2019) – The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent will carry out a fact-finding visit to Argentina from 11 to 18 March 2019. “We will gather...