Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Date: 16 September 2014 1) YEMEN We urge the authorities in Yemen to conduct an independent, prompt and...

16 September 2014 Monsieur le Président Monsieur le Haut-Commissaire Excellencies, Mesdames, Messieurs I wish first to extend my congratulations to the High Commissioner as he steps into this...

16 September 2014 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Belgium on how it implements the provisions of the International Convention on the...

MORNING/MIDDAY 16 September 2014 Concludes General Debate on Thematic Reports and on the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights The Human Rights Council today held an interactive dialogue with...

GENEVA (15 September 2014) - Disability rights worldwide have reached a major milestone after the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was ratified by the 150th country. Guyana...

15 September 2014 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances has opened this morning its seventh session, which runs until September 26 in Room XII of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Committee...

15 September 2014 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities opened this morning its twelfth session. The Committee adopted its agenda and heard a presentation by a representative of the...

MIDDAY 15 September 2014 The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a general debate on the thematic reports by the United Nations Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights...

GENEVA (15 September 2014) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is reviewing this week more than 2500 cases of enforced disappearance from 37 countries...