Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 27 May 2013 Concludes General Debate on the Update of the Annual Report of the High Commissioner, Decides to Hold Urgent Debate on Syria on 29 May The Human Rights...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 27 May 2013 Committee Elects New Bureau with Kirsten Sandberg as its Chairperson The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its sixty-third...

Sarajevo, 24 May 2013 Members of the press, ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to be here with you today to share my preliminary observations at the end of the 12-day official visit I carried out...

UN experts call for strengthened protection of more than 260 million victims of caste-based discrimination GENEVA (24 May 2013) – They occupy the lowest levels of strict, hierarchical caste systems...

SARAJEVO (24 May 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Farida Shaheed, today urged all levels of the Governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina to maximize the...

REYKJAVÍK (24 May 2013) – The United Nations Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice urged the newly formed Government of Iceland to sustain the country’s gender equality...

GENEVA (24 May 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, today welcomed US President Barack Obama’s speech, and the publication of policy...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 23 May 2013 Situation of Children’s Rights in Armenia, Rwanda, Israel, Uzbekistan, Slovenia and Guinea Bissau to be Reviewed The Committee on the Rights of the Child will meet at...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 23 May 2013 Council to Hear from Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria, 21 Human Rights Experts and to Hold Four Panel Discussions on a Wide Range of Issues The Human Rights...

DUSHANBE (23 May 2013): My mission to Central Asia covering Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan* and Uzbekistan*, follows the visits of the UN Secretary-General to Central Asia in 2010 and that of...