United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict GENEVA ( 23 December 2014) – The United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict, (established...
GENEVA (23 December 2014) – International support is now needed to investigate the enforced disappearance of a leading Laotian human rights defender, a group of United Nations independent experts*...
A group of 13 Vietnamese asylum seekers were rescued from the forests of north-eastern Cambodia by a joint team made up of officials from the UN Human Rights Office, UN High Commissioner for Refugee and the Cambodia Ministry of the Interior.
The present report provides an overview of the activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur since her appointment in June 2014 and outlines how she intends to approach her mandate. It furthermore contains a thematic study on the issue of information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children.
Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council Mr. President, let me mention that the High Commissioner is sorry that he could not address the Council today himself. Earlier this year, the...
GENEVA (22 December 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, expressed today serious concern about the recent removal of former Supreme...
GENEVA (22 December 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday expressed deep regret at the lifting of the moratorium on the death penalty in Pakistan and Jordan in...
Briefing the Security Council on the situation in the DPRK, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović highlighted the “widespread and systematic” crimes perpetrated by the Government, as detailed in a recent report produced by the UN Commission of Inquiry.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, voiced “deep regret” today over the resumption of executions in Pakistan and Jordan at a time when the international community is increasingly turning away from the use of the death penalty.