NEW YORK / GENEVA (24 October 2014) – Development targets that pay no attention to which groups are being left behind can be met without having any real impact on ensuring a more equal and just world...

NEW YORK (24 October 2014) – Eradicating hunger and ensuring access to adequate food has not been universally achieved despite considerable legislative and judicial progress in many countries...

NEW YORK (24 October 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Chaloka Beyani, today made an appeal to the international community to...

NEW YORK (24 October 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, today told the UN General Assembly that the absence of a...

24 October 2014 New York Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, It is an honour for me to address this General Assembly for the first time in my capacity as the Special...

International borders are not zones of exclusion or exception for human rights obligations. States are entitled to exercise jurisdiction at their international borders, but they must do so in light of...

New York, 23 October 2014 Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, colleagues and friends Today more than 232 million people live outside their country of origin. There are more international migrants...

New York, 23 October 2014 Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, This past summer, during its 26th Session, the Human Rights Council entrusted me with the mandate to promote and protect...

NEW YORK / GENEVA (23 October 2014) – “Time for promises has passed. Now it is the time to act,” said the Chairs of two United Nations expert bodies addressing the United Nations General Assembly on...

NEW YORK (23 October 2014) – United Nations human rights expert Ben Emmerson today urged Governments currently engaged on mass surveillance of the internet for counter-terrorism purposes to update...