PRESS BRIEFING Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen, and thank you very much for attending this press briefing. I will be happy to take a few questions after my presentation. Today, I am concluding my...

GENEVA (15 June 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on summary executions, Christof Heyns, and on torture, Juan Méndez, deplored today the escalation of violence in Syria and called on all...

GENEVA / KHARTOUM (15 June 2012) – The newly appointed Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Mashood Adebayo Baderin, urged the Government of Sudan to take further steps to...

Committee on the Rights of the Child PROVISIONAL ROUNDUP 15 June 2012 The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded its sixtieth session today, adopting its report and concluding observations and...

New York, 28 June 2002 Ladies and gentlemen, Distinguished colleagues, Friends, The film you are about to see tells the story of a group of brave, committed men and women who stand up against bigotry...

GENEVA (13 June 2012) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Côte d’Ivoire, Doudou Diène, urged all Ivoirians and the international community to maintain their...

GENEVA (13 June 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, warned today that the escalating violence in the Rakhine state, that has...

GENEVA / TUNIS (12 June 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, called on the European Union to move beyond the security and border control...

GENEVA (12 June 2012) – Two United Nations experts on contemporary forms of slavery and sale of children stressed today that more than 215 million children are working throughout the world over half...