Armenian YEREVAN / GENEVA (20 September 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, will visit Armenia from 25 September to 5 October 2017, to assess to what...

German | French GENEVA (22 September 2017) – The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, will visit Switzerland from 25 September to 4 October to...

MORNING GENEVA (22 September 2017) - The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of the Philippines, Algeria and Poland. Evan P. Garcia, Permanent...

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein 22 September 2017 Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, The torture and ill-treatment of persons suspected of crimes is not only...

GENEVA (22 September 2017) - The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded the consideration of the third periodic report of the Republic of Moldova on its implementation of...

GENEVA (22 September 2017) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded the consideration of the second periodic report of Vanuatu under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and...

MIDDAY GENEVA (22 September 2017) - The Human Rights Council at its midday meeting adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of the Netherlands and South Africa. Monique T.G. Van Daalen...

AFTERNOON GENEVA (22 September 2017) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms and started its general debate on the Universal...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 22 September 2017 The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms and started its general debate on the...