NEW YORK (23 October 2012) – States should consider whether using the death penalty per se fails to respect the inherent dignity of the person, causes severe mental and physical pain or suffering and...

Human Rights Committee 23 October 2012 The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina on its implementation of the...

GENEVA (23 October 2012) – Three United Nations independent experts on the situation of human rights in Iran, summary executions and torture expressed outrage today at the execution on 23 October of...

NEW YORK (23 October 2012) – Twenty-five years after the entry into force of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, an impressive international...

GENEVA (22 October 2012) – Eleven United Nations human rights experts have called on the Government and the Congress of Colombia to reconsider the proposed reform of the country’s Political...

Human Rights Committee 22 October 2012 The Human Rights Committee this morning heard from Christine Chanet, Special Rapporteur on Follow-up to Concluding Observations, who presented her report on the...

In our capacities as Special Procedures mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council, we would like to express our concern at the possible adoption by the Congress of the Republic of a project to...