New York, 27 July 2011 Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the invitation to participate in this important meeting. It is indeed an honour and a pleasure to be here with...

Summary The present report focuses on the situation of the human rights of older persons in all regions of the world. It offers an overview of some challenges faced by older women and men in the...

GENEVA/KINSHASA (22 July 2011) – A UN report released today into mass rapes and other human rights violations committed in North Kivu has brought into stark focus the need to reinforce the justice...

ANTANANARIVO (22 July 2011) – “In Madagascar, one in two inhabitants is food insecure,” stated Mr. Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. This proportion rises to 68% in the...

GENEVA (22 July 2011) – UN Independent Expert Cephas Lumina will visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 25 July to 5 August 2011 to assess the impact of foreign debt on the realization of...

GENEVA (22 July 2011) – UN Special Rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque welcomed the multimillion dollar grant offered by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aimed at “reinventing the toilet” through...

GENEVA (22 July 2011) – United Nations human rights experts* today expressed alarm over reports of mass killings in the Southern Kordofan region of Sudan. The experts appealed for an immediate...

22 July 2011 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed its working methods in relation to State party reports, the length of time to be allocated to the oral presentation of such reports and...

21 July 2011 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted a General Comment on States parties' obligations under Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, setting...