MADRID / GENEVA (5 February 2014) – The UN international expert on transitional justice, Pablo de Greiff* urged the authorities to “trust their institutions and their democracy and not to postpone...

5 February 2014 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined initial to fifth periodic report of Honduras on its implementation of the...

Abu Dhabi, 5 February 2014 The purpose of the visit was to examine, in the spirit of co-operation and constructive dialogue, both the achievements and shortcomings of the country in ensuring the...

4 February 2014 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an interactive dialogue with a non-governmental organization from Belgium on the situation of racial...

New York, 4 February 2014 Your Excellencies, distinguished representatives, ladies and gentlemen, friends, Mahatma Gandhi once remarked: “There’s enough on this planet for everyone’s needs, but not...

3 February 2014 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opened its eighty-fourth session this morning, hearing an address by Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic...

MAHE / GENEVA (3 February 2014) – “Yes Seychelles is an island but not an island out of reach of traffickers and their nefarious activities in today’s globalised world,” the United Nations Special...

GENEVA (3 February 2014) – The Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order, Alfred Maurice de Zayas, welcomed today the Declaration of the Community of Latin...

Madrid, 3 de febrero de 2014 Miembros de la prensa, señoras y señores, Muchas gracias por estar presentes. Me satisface estar con ustedes hoy para compartir las observaciones preliminares de mi visita...

GENEVA (3 February 2014) – The United Nations Working Group* on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is reviewing almost 500 cases of enforced disappearance from 32 countries in its first session of...