GENEVA (22 May 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday warned that the escalation of fighting in recent weeks between Government and opposition forces in South...

UN experts call for the universal ratification and implementation of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child New York/Geneva, 22 May 2015 – On Monday, 25 May, the world...

SKOPJE/GENEVA (22 May 2015) - UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic on Friday expressed his concern about the shrinking of the democratic space in the former Yugoslav Republic...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Cécile Pouilly Location: Geneva Date: 22 Mai 2015 (1) Hungary We are concerned about a questionnaire on immigration and terrorism that was...

22 May 2015 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Ethiopia on its implementation of the provisions of the...

21 May 2015 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Ghana on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention...

GENEVA/GUATEMALA CITY (21 May 2015) – The UN’s torture prevention body has urged Guatemala to improve the independent monitoring of detention conditions in the country as part of efforts to protect...

GENEVA (21 May 2015) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is due to make its first visit to the Philippines from 25 May to 3 June 2015 to assess the treatment of persons...

GENEVA (21 May 2015) - Canada’s deportation of a Jamaican man with a mental disability who had spent much of his life in Canada amounted to cruel and inhuman treatment, effectively leaving him without...

INCHEON, KOREA (21 May 2015) – “Governments’ responsibility for ensuring inclusive, quality education is the cornerstone of the post-2015 education agenda,” said the United Nations Special Rapporteur...