GENEVA (17 February 2017) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of El Salvador on its implementation of the...

GENEVA (16 February 2017) – The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent will undertake its first official visit to Germany from 20 to 27 February 2017 to study the human...

Russian | Ukrainian GENEVA/KYIV (16 February 2017) – Survivors of sexual violence committed in the context of the armed conflict in Ukraine are often denied justice and left without adequate care and...

BACKGROUND RELEASE Committee to Hold a General Day of Discussion on Business and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights GENEVA (16 February 2017) - The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...

BACKGROUND RELEASE GENEVA (16 February 2017) - The eighteenth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will take place from 20 to 24 February 2017 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva...

GENEVA (16 February 2017) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Jordan on its implementation of the provisions of the...

Lecture by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at Georgetown University on the occasion of the presentation of the Trainor Award for Excellence in the Conduct of...