GENEVA (14 February 2017) – Three United Nations human rights experts have called on the Government of Kenya to cease its systematic crackdown on civil society groups, which has intensified in the...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 14 February 2017 (1) Democratic Republic of Congo There are troubling reports that soldiers in the...

Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances concludes its 111th session The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances concluded its 111th session, which took...

GENEVA (14 February 2017) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the eighth periodic report of Ukraine on its implementation of the provisions of the...

2017 Annual Appeal Statement by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 14 February 2017 Excellencies, I am honoured to present to you the Annual Appeal of my Office, which...

GENEVA (13 February 2017) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its sixty-sixth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, hearing a statement by...

GENEVA (13 February 2017) - Germany’s record on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on 21 February. Germany has ratified the...

GENEVA (13 February 2017) – El Salvador’s record on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on 17 February. El Salvador has...

GENEVA (13 February 2017) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations and the national human rights...