GENEVA (31 January 2013) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday welcomed the strong movement that has been developing over the past few months in India to eradicate the...

Geneva, 31 January 2013 – The International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory today published its findings on the implications Israeli settlements have...

GENEVA (31 January 2013) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday launched an appeal for US$130.4 million in 2013, telling donors that the UN Human Rights Office could...

31 January 2013 The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention conducted a country mission to Greece from 21 to 31 January 2013, following an invitation from the Government. The delegation...

ATHENS / GENEVA (31 January 2013) – At the end of its 11-day visit to Greece, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention noted that the time has come for an improvement of conditions of detention and...

GENEVA (31 January 2013) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Mashood Adebayo Baderin, will undertake his second visit to the Sudan from 3 to 10...

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I will now present my report pursuant to Council decision OM/7/1 of 29 January 2013, entitled “the non-cooperation of a State under Review with the Universal...

GENEVA / BANGKOK (29 January 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque will visit Thailand from 1 to 8 February 2013 to assess the country’s developments and remaining...