GENEVA (14 August 2014) – Two United Nations human rights experts today expressed their grave concern at the situation of Pakistani asylum seekers in Sri Lanka who are being detained and forcefully...

GENEVA (12 August 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today expressed their grave concern at the imminent danger of massacre faced by the Yazidi population forced to flee Sinjar in...

Today we mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. There is much to celebrate, including solid human rights standards on which to build inclusive societies in partnership with...

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples - Saturday 9 August 2014 GENEVA (9 August 2014) – The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli...

New York, 1 August 2014 Mr. Chair, Distinguished Delegates and Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour to address you on the occasion of this Fifth Session of the Open-ended Working Group...

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...