Welcome to the United Nations 
OHCHR 
Select
Select
FILTERS APPLIED:
Showing 71 - 80 of 173 results
Human Rights: a look at the next 20 years
Content Category
English
Published Date
Thumbnail Feature Image
A special event marked the end of the year-long commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the UN Human Rights Office with a series of interactive conversations on human rights issues.
Statement of the United Nations Special Procedures Mandate Holders on the occasion of the Human Rights Day
Geneva, 10 December 2013
Content Category
English
Published Date
On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the UN special procedures call on all stakeholders, in particular States, to cooperate with them fully. The first special procedures mechanism was established in...
Without cooperation from States, we cannot do our work for human rights – Key UN expert group
Content Category
English
Published Date
GENEVA (10 December 2013) – The largest body of independent experts in the United Nations Human Rights system today urged world governments to cooperate with them, and allow human rights organisations...
UN rights experts on torture and counter-terrorism concerned about the fate of Guantánamo detainees
Content Category
English
Published Date
GENEVA (10 December 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on torture, Juan E. Méndez, and on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, today expressed dismay at the recent transfer of...
Statement by the President of the Human Rights Council
on the occasion of Human Rights Day, UNHQ New York
Content Category
English
Published Date
Mr Vice-president of the General Assembly, Mr. Deputy Secretary General, Excellencies, Distinguished laureates of the United Nations Human Rights Prize Ladies and gentlemen, At the outset, on behalf...
16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence
Content Category
English
Published Date
Impunity compounds violence against women GENEVA (10 December 2013) – Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, to mark...
Address by Bacre Ndiaye, Director of the Human Rights Council and Special Procedures Division, at the Panel Discussion “OPCAT’s National Preventive Mechanisms: Tunisia’s Experience”
Content Category
English
Published Date
10 December 2013 Minister Samir Dilou, Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice, Ambassador Anderazak Kilani, (PM of Tunisia), SG Marc Thomson, (APT) Distinguished representatives, ladies and...
Cambodia: UN torture prevention body makes follow-up visit
Content Category
English
Published Date
GENEVA (9 December 2013) – A delegation from the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is in Cambodia from 9 to 13 December to assess whether the situation of prisoners has...
A 20-20 Human Rights Vision
Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay for Human Rights Day, 10 December 2013
Content Category
English
Published Date
Twenty years ago, a historic document was adopted in Vienna. It crystallized the principle that human rights are universal, and committed States to the promotion and protection of all human rights for...