NEW YORK (27 October 2017) – A United Nations human rights expert has issued a strongly worded critique of the international community’s failure to protect the lives of migrants and refugees, and to...

NEW YORK (27 October 2017) - The international security crisis over North Korea must not overshadow the human rights situation of millions of ordinary citizens in the country, a UN human rights expert...

NEW YORK (27 October 2017) – The UN’s conflict prevention processes are in need of radical reform to ensure they start earlier, don’t merely react to existing crises, and take human rights fully into...

NEW YORK (27 October 2017) – People around the world are suffering horrific violations of their human rights based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity and gender...

Human Rights Committee 27 October 2017 The Human Rights Committee this morning resumed its discussion on the draft General Comment No. 36 on Article 6 on the right to life of the International...

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 27 October 2017 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial and second periodic...

NEW YORK 26 October 2017 Honourable Chairperson, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I address you as the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea and am honoured to...

Spanish GENEVA (26 October 2017) – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the UN Human Rights Office have launched a new and deeper cooperation plan to address one of the most...