Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons MALE (21 July 2011) –“The impacts of climate change on the ordinary lives of the people of the Maldives are real...

20 July 2011 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its second reading of a draft General Comment on States parties' obligations under Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil...

GENEVA (20 July 2011) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday welcomed the arrest by Serbian authorities of Goran Hadžic, the last remaining fugitive sought by the...

ALGIERS / GENEVA (19 July 2011) – “I commend the strong commitment of the Algerian government in the housing field as reflected in the huge state production of social housing in the last decade and...

19 July 2011 The Human Rights Committee this morning began its second reading of a draft General Comment on States parties' obligations under Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and...

18 July 2011 Dear Mr. President, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to attend your first World Congress in Africa, and in my home country, South Africa. It is important that...

As the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, I join the world today in commemorating International Criminal Justice Day. It is the day on which we all remind ourselves, every year, of the...