23 November 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its eighty-eighth session, hearing an address from Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High...

GENEVA (23 November 2015) –The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith,today expressed her deep concern about the breakdown in the political...

Committee against Torture 23 November 2015 The Committee against Torture concluded this afternoon its consideration of the third periodic report of Jordan on its implementation of the provisions of...

41st Plenary Assembly of the World Federation of United Nations Associations 18 November 2015 Dear Friends and Colleagues, I’m delighted to address you for the first time as High Commissioner for...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location : Geneva Date : 20 November 2015 Subjects : (1) Thailand / China and (2) Viet Nam / DPRK (1) Thailand / China We...

20 November 2015 Today, 20 November 2015, marks Universal Children’s Rights Day and the 26th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It is a time for...

Arabic GENEVA (20 November 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy will undertake an official visit to Sudan from 23 to 30 November to gather first-hand information on the negative...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 20 November 2015 ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia...

New York, 20 November 2015 Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to address you today, to use this opportunity to encourage a shift of focus in tackling the world drug problem – a shift...