Committee on the Elimination Discrimination against Women 16 July 2016 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fourth to seventh periodic reports of...

In its resolution 30/9 on "Equal participation in political and public affairs”, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to organize an expert workshop to discuss the existing guidance on the implementation of the right to participate in public affairs. The workshop was aimed at identifying possible gaps and making recommendations in that regard, and at identifying new developments, trends, and innovations with respect to full, effective and equal participation in political and public affairs.

Seeking for More Effective Ways of Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Distinguished members of the Expert Mechanism, Excellencies, Distinguished representatives of...

GENEVA (15 July 2016) – The UN Human Rights Chief rang the alarm Friday about the increasingly desperate situation of at least 200,000 civilians trapped in three towns in Syria where attacking forces...

Spokespersons for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date : 15 July 2016 Subject: (1) Syria & (2) France / attack in Nice (1) Syria In a press release issued...

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 14 July 2016 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the eighth to ninth periodic reports of...

NEW YORK (15 July 2016) – The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries will gather a group of top international experts to discuss how privatization of war affects human rights...

GENEVA (15 July 2016) - A group of independent experts of the United Nations* today welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of El Salvador to declare unconstitutional the amnesty law of 1993, which...

GENEVA (15 July 2016) – The UN Human Rights Committee has published its findings on the civil and political rights record of countries it examined during its latest session: Denmark, Kuwait...