GENEVA (14 January 2014) – Children whose rights have been violated will soon be able to complain to a key UN Committee after a new legal instrument on the rights of the child was ratified by the...

GENEVA (13 January 2014) – A United Nations independent expert has urged the Government of Kenya “to ensure that the human rights of the Sengwer indigenous people are fully respected, in strict...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 13 January 2014 The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Monday, 20 January on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic. The request for the Special...

GENEVA (13 January 2014) – United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, will visit South Sudan from 14 to 17 January 2014 to undertake an assessment of the human rights...

In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council in accordance with its resolution 22/9, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food explores the obstacles faced by those wishing to seek remedy for violations related to the right to food by analysing the current international legal framework, and identifying examples of good practice as a means of encouraging States to develop judicial remedies in accordance with the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Geneva, 10 January 2014. The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent wishes to thank the Government of Brazil for its invitation to visit the country to study the situation of the Afro...