Distinguished Presidents of the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly – and President Lykketoft, we are delighted and honoured to see you with us this morning Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends...

GENEVA/BUJUMBURA (29 February 2016) – Three United Nations independent experts appointed to investigate human rights violations in Burundi are scheduled to conduct their first country visit from 1 to...

Human Rights Council MORNING 29 February 2016 Hears from President of the General Assembly, High Commissioner for Human Rights and Chief of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland The...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 29 February 2016 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning held a general discussion on gender-related...

GENEVA (29 February 2016) – Tunisia, Burkina Faso and Kazakhstan are due to be reviewed for the first time by the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), which is meeting in Geneva from 7 to 18...

“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and human rights, with an emphasis on the right to development” Statement by the High Commissioner Secretary-General, Distinguished President of the...

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 29 February 2016 Hears Statements from the President of Togo, Captains-Regents of San Marino, and Dignitaries from 28 States and Organizations The Human Rights Council...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 29 February 2016 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Address the Panel The Human Rights Council...

Korean GENEVA / SEOUL (26 February 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Marzuki Darusman, urges the...