(GENEVA 24 June 2014) – The United Nations Working Group* of Experts on People of African Descent will visit the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 26 June to 4 July 2014 to study a wide range of issues...

GENEVA (20 June 2014) – The United Nations Working Group of Experts of People of African Descent today called on the Government of the Dominican Republic to adopt the necessary legal measures to...

GENEVA (17 June 2014) – The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli Corpuz, welcomed El Salvador’s move to recognize indigenous peoples and commit to...

GENEVA (15 June 2014) – The newly appointed United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, calls on all Governments to strengthen laws...

The Special Rapporteur on Torture, Mr. Theo Van Boven; the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Mrs. Asma Jahangir; the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and the...