26 January 2012 GENEVA – The UN expert on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, on Thursday urged ministers gathering in Davos this week for the World Economic Forum to acknowledge the relationship...

Italian version ITALY/GENEVA (26 January 2012) –The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Rashida Manjoo, today concluded a fact finding mission to Italy...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 26 January 2012 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the initial report of the Cook Islands on its implementation of the provisions of the...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 25 January 2012 The Committee on the Rights of the Child has reviewed the combined third and fourth periodic report of Thailand on its implementation of the...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 25 January 2012 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the reports of Thailand on how that country is implementing the Optional Protocols to the...

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, [ Introduction ] I thank you for your invitation to brief you on human rights developments in Libya...

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, [ Introduction ] I thank you for your invitation to brief you on human rights developments in Libya...

GENEVA – “Drought, poor harvests and rising food prices have left the Sahel region of West-Central Africa on the brink of a humanitarian crisis,” warned Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on...

GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday said she was shocked at reports that 34 individuals, including two women, were executed in Iraq on 19 January following their...