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Access to justice and reparations for victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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The UN Human Rights Office develops a project to enable the social and economic reintegration of survivors of sexual violence in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a region plagued by army and militia violence.
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights holds meeting with Member States
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 29 November 2013 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today held a meeting with Member States to brief them on proceedings of the...
United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Dr Cephas Lumina
Mission to Argentina, 18-29 November 2013
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END OF MISSION STATEMENT Buenos Aires, 29 November 2013 Representatives of the media, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to have this opportunity to address you today at the conclusion of my official...
UN Expert urges Argentina to audit its foreign debt
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BUENOS AIRES (29 November 2013) - The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Cephas Lumina, today urged Argentina to audit its external debt in line with the UN Guiding...
First fact-finding mission to Brazil by UN expert group on people of African descent
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GENEVA / BRASILIA (29 November 2013) – The United Nations Working Group* of Experts on People of African Descent will undertake its first visit Brazil from 3 to 13 December 2013 to examine a wide...
Opening remarks by Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Launch of the new Practical Guide for civil society - How to follow up on United Nations human rights recommendations
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Friday 29 November 2013 Palais des Nations, Room XXIII Colleagues, Friends, Good afternoon and welcome. It is with great pleasure that I am here with you today to launch OHCHR’s Practical Guide for...
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concludes fifty-first session
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 29 November 2013 ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Kuwait, Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Djibouti, Belarus, Egypt...
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, visit to Viet Nam, 18 - 29 November, 2013 Preliminary conclusions and recommendations
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Hanoi, 29 November 2013. Members of the press, ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to share with you my preliminary observations at the end of my 12-day official visit as the UN Special Rapporteur...