GENEVA / ABUJA (18 August 2016) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Chaloka Beyani will carry out his first official visit to Nigeria from 23 to 26 August to examine the situation and human rights of...

Portuguese GENEVA / MAPUTO (18 August 2016) – United Nations Independent Expert Ikponwosa Ero will carry out her first visit to Mozambique from 21 August to 3 September to evaluate the situation of...

Memorial Ceremony in remembrance of those killed in the service of human rights 18 August 2016 My dear colleagues, I am always moved by the tenderness of that video portrait of our 22 fellow team...

GENEVA (18 August 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Bolivia on its implementation of the Convention on the...

GENEVA/BAGHDAD (18 August 2016) – A UN report released Thursday details the heart-wrenching testimony of Yezidi survivors of ISIL atrocities in Iraq since the attack on Sinjar in August 2014...

10th anniversary of the ‘Probo Koala incident’ - Friday 19 August 2016 GENEVA (17 August 2016) – Speaking ahead of the 10th anniversary of the illegal dumping of toxic waste in Côte d’Ivoire, a group...

GENEVA (17 August 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Ethiopia on its implementation of the Convention on the...

GENEVA (17 August 2016) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic report of Pakistan on its...

GENEVA (17 August 2016) – United Nations human rights expert Juan E. Méndez today called on Brazilian legislators to protect the human rights of children in conflict with the law by rejecting a...

GENEVA (17 August 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday expressed deep regret at the failure of Indian and Pakistani authorities to grant the UN Human Rights...