GENEVA (19 August 2011) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, urged the Brazilian authorities to take immediate action to provide judges...

19 August 2011 In Bangkok, I met a woman from Myanmar who shared with me a story of how she was sold and trafficked to Thailand to work on a construction site. She was then forcibly married to a man...

GENEVA (18 August 2011) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday published the Report of the Fact-finding Mission on Syria. The Fact-Finding Mission was set up by the UN...

Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 18 August 2011 The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on "The situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic” on Monday, 22 August starting...

GENEVA (18 August 2011) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, will launch his first fact-finding visit to Myanmar since February...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 18 August 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has completed its consideration of the nineteenth through twenty-first...

17 August 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has concluded its consideration of the fourth and fifth periodic reports of Georgia on the implementation of the provisions of...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva 16 August 2011 Azerbaijan We are concerned by the August 11 destruction in Baku of the building housing the...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 16 August 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has concluded its consideration of the initial to fourth periodic reports...

GENEVA (15 August 2011) – A report* released on Monday by the UN human rights office says that, if substantiated, violations of international criminal law and international humanitarian law which are...