Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 22 March 2016 (1) Brazil We are concerned about the increasingly politicised and heated debate that...

Russian | Ukrainian KYIV / GENEVA (22 March 2016) The United Nations Working Group on mercenaries called on the Government of Ukraine to ensure accountability for human rights violations committed by...

22 March 2016 Mr. Chairperson of the International Coordinating Committee, Madame Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Madame Assistant-Secretary-General, Distinguished Representatives of...

GENEVA (22 March 2016) - The Human Rights Committee this morning continued its discussion on a draft General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on the...

MIDDAY GENEVA (22 March 2016) - The Human Rights Council during its noon meeting held a panel discussion on technical cooperation and capacity building to promote and protect the rights of all...

MORNING Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in the Central African Republic GENEVA ( 22 March 2016) - The Human Rights Council this morning held an...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 22 March 2016 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Mohammed Ayat, the Independent Expert on capacity building and technical...

Human Rights Council EVENING 22 March 2016 The Human Rights Council this evening held separate interactive dialogues on the findings of the periodic report of the Office of the High Commissioner for...

Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Alarmed by the deteriorating human rights situation in South Sudan, this Council, through its resolution 29/13 of July 2015, requested the High...

Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Resolution 30/27 of 2 October 2015 invited the High Commissioner to provide an update on the implementation of that resolution. In view of the...