GENEVA (18 May 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, called for the adoption of the revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, which are being...

GENEVA (18 May 2015) – Detailed below are the case law notes from the work of the treaty bodies in considering individual complaints: CRPD 12th session, 15 September – 3 October 2014 At its session...

GENEVA (15 May 2015) – With some 6,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants believed to be still stranded at sea in precarious conditions in South East Asia, and three countries actively implementing a...

GENEVA (15 May 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, expressed both hope and disappointment at the new European Agenda on Migration unveiled...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Date : 15 May 2015 Subjects : (1) South East Asia / migrants boats, (2) Burundi and (3) International Day...

Committee against Torture ROUNDUP 15 May 2015 Adopts Recommendations on Reports of Colombia, Congo, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Romania, Serbia, Spain and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia The...

GENEVA (15 May 2015) – The UN Committee against Torture has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session from 20 April to 15 May: New Zealand, Republic of the Congo...

GENEVA (15 May 2015) – The United Nations Working Group on business and human rights today said that “the lessons of the Rana Plaza disaster have still not been learned.” The experts’ warning comes...

GENEVA (15 May 2015) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session from 27 April to 15 May: France...