GENEVA (31 January 2019) – The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent will carry out a fact-finding visit to Belgium from 4 to 11 February 2019. “We will gather...

Sesotho version GENEVA (29 January 2019) – The UN expert on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Léo Heller, will make a landmark visit to Lesotho from 4 to 15 February 2019. Mr...

Summary During his country visit to Argentina from 9 to 20 April 2018, the Special Rapporteur was given access to locations of deprivation of liberty throughout the country and was able to conduct...

Summary From 13 to 24 November 2017, the Special Rapporteur visited Serbia and Kosovo to assess the prevailing situation, developments and challenges concerning torture and other cruel, inhuman or...

Spanish Madrid, 25 January 2019 Introduction Good afternoon and thank you for coming. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the Government of Spain for the invitation to undertake a...

GENEVA (25 January 2019) – The UN human rights expert Agnès Callamard is to head an international inquiry into the killing of Saudi journalist Mr. Jamal Khashoggi, starting with a visit to Turkey from...

French GENEVA (24 January 2019) — The United Nations Sub-Committee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) will undertake its first visit to Switzerland from 28 January through 7 February to evaluate the...

GENEVA (23 January 2019) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit the Bangladesh island of Bhashan Char on Thursday, 24 January. The Bangladesh...

Summary The present report relates to the official visit of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism to Kenya from 7 to 17 September 2018. The report commends...