French BRUSSELS (26 February 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Urmila Bhoola today called on the Government of Belgium to strengthen its fight against all forms of contemporary slavery by...

French GENEVA / BAMAKO (26 February 2015) – United Nations Independent Expert Suliman Baldo will carry out his fourth official visit to Mali from 1 – 10 March 2015 to assess the current situation of...

GENEVA (26 February 2015) – The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has welcomed Brazil’s progress in setting up a federal independent body to monitor conditions of detention in the country...

26 February 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fourth and fifth periodic reports of Eritrea on its implementation of the provisions of the...

Spanish GENEVA / BUENOS AIRES (26 February 2015) – The United Nations Working Group* on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will meet in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 2 to 6 March 2015, to mark the...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 25 February 2015 Session to Include High-level Segment; Presentations by Commissions of Inquiry on Syria, Gaza and Eritrea; and Discussions on more than 100 Reports on a Wide Range...

GENEVA/KABUL, 25 February 2015 - A UN report released today on the torture and ill-treatment of conflict-related detainees in Government detention facilities shows some progress and welcomes the new...

GENEVA (25 February 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein today warned that Myanmar “seems headed in the wrong direction and needs urgently to get back on track” in a...