Speech by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the Centre for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law 11 April 2019 Professor Grossman...

ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Chile, Italy and Peru, and the Guiding Principles for the Search for Disappeared Persons GENEVA (18 April 2019) - The Committee on Enforced...

Summary In this report, the Special Rapporteur examines the role of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in the protection of the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs). The Special...

GENEVA/KABUL (17 April 2019) - In its latest report on the treatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghanistan published today, the UN documents an encouraging reduction in the number of cases of...

GENEVA (17 April 2019) – UN human rights expert Rosa Kornfeld-Matte will carry out her first official visit to Mozambique from 24 April to 2 May 2019 to assess the human rights situation of older...

GENEVA (17 April 2019) – The UN’s human rights expert on privacy, Joe Cannataci, has called for coordinated global efforts to simultaneously protect and empower children with respect to the online...

GENEVA (17 April 2019) — The UN Committee Against Torture will meet in Geneva from 23 April to 17 May, 2019 to review Benin, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, and...

Spanish GENEVA (17 April 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabian Salvioli, will carry out an official visit to El...