GENEVA (28 September 2018) - The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today reviewed the fourth periodic report of Argentina on its efforts to implement the provisions of the...

AFTERNOON GENEVA (28 September 2018) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted eight texts in which it extended the mandates of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, of the Independent Expert...

ROUNDUP Decides to Establish an Ongoing Independent Mechanism on the Most Serious International Crimes and Violations of International Law Committed in Myanmar since 2011; Adopts the United Nations...

GENEVA (28 September 2018) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today held a Day of General Discussion on the theme of “Protecting and Empowering Children as Human Rights Defenders”, in which 50...

Geneva (27 September 2018)- Speaking ahead of the International Day on Safe Abortion, a group of United Nations human rights experts urged governments across the world to decriminalise abortion and...

All generations have duty to protect rights of ageing society – UN expert GENEVA (27 September 2018) – The UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Rosa Kornfeld...

GENEVA (27 September 2018) – States across the world should act now to decriminalise abortion and make every effort to ensure women and girls have the right to take their own decisions about pregnancy...

MORNING The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, heard the presentation of the...

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet New York, 27 September 2018 Distinguished President of the International Peace Institute, My fellow panellists, Excellencies...