NEW YORK (25 October 2016) – United Nations human rights expert Philip Alston claimed today that flawed and unfounded legal advice provided by the UN lawyers is preventing the Organization from...

GENEVE (25 October 2016) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Canada on its implementation of the...

New York, 24 October, 2016 Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great honour that I address this Assembly, for the very first time, in my capacity as United Nations Special Rapporteur on...

GENEVA (24 October 2016) - The Human Rights Committee discussed its methods of work this morning, focusing on the outcomes of its Annual Report presented by the Committee Chairperson to the Third...

NEW YORK (24 October 2016) – Migration governance cannot be only about closing borders and keeping people out, said two United Nations human rights experts calling on UN member states to develop long...

24 October 2016 I am delighted to open the second session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations, and other business enterprises, with respect to human rights...

24 October 2016 The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was invited by the Government of the United States of America to conduct a country visit from 11 to 24 October 2016. Three of...

NEW YORK (24 October 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Joseph Cannataci, presented his first report* to the General Assembly on the 24th of October 2016. He...

WASHINGTON (24 October 2016) – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention today called on the Government of the United States of America to abolish the mandatory detention of migrants...