GENEVA (30 June 2015) – Two United Nations human rights experts today welcomed the holding of a referendum in Greece to decide by democratic process the path to follow to solve the Greek economic...

Human Rights Council MORNING 30 June 2015 Concludes Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism and Racial Discrimination The Human Rights Council this morning held a general...

GENEVA (30 June 2015) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Mutuma Ruteere, called on Governments across the world to boost their efforts to stop the widespread...

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 30 June 2015 The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting today held a panel discussion on the effects of terrorism on the enjoyment by all persons of human rights and...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 30 June 2015 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central...

Human Rights Committee 30 June 2015 The Human Rights Committee yesterday and today considered the fourth periodic report of Venezuela on its implementation of the provisions of the International...

Human Rights Council 29th Session 30 June 2015, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. Room XX, Palais des Nations, Geneva Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to speak at this panel discussion...

Summary The present report consists of the analysis and conclusions of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education following an official mission that he undertook to Algeria, at the invitation of...

Human Rights Committee 29 June 2015 The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and fourteenth session, hearing an address by Shahrzad Tadjbakhsh, Chief of the Universal Periodic...