GENEVA (21 March 2016) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances has published it findings on the countries examined during its latest session from 7 to 18 March: Tunisia, Burkina Faso and...

GENEVA (18 March 2016) – Three United Nations human rights experts today welcomed the release of the Qatari poet Mohammed al-Ajami, while urging the Government of Qatar to give serious consideration...

GENEVA (18 March 2016) – In the wake of another deadly airstrike that killed some 106 civilians in a crowded village market in north-western Yemen, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad...

KYIV, UKRAINE (18 March 2016) Ms Olga Patricia Arias Barriga, member of the Working Group: I would like to present the preliminary findings of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries’ visit to...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date : 18 March 2016 Subject: Bahrain We are deeply troubled by the arrest on Monday in Bahrain of the...

GENEVA (18 March 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, today called on the Government of Bahrain to immediately release prominent...

GENEVA (18 March 2016) – Myanmar is a very different country from just a few short years ago, said the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee...