Human Rights Council Advisory Committee BACKGROUND RELEASE 19 February 2015 The fourteenth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will take place from 23 to 27 February 2015 at the...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 19 February 2015 BACKGROUND RELEASE Experts to Review Reports of Paraguay, Tajikistan and Gambia The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...

18 February 2015 Mr. Chairperson, Ambassador Al-Henzab, Excellencies, Distinguished panellists, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure for me to join you all at this opening session of the 2015 Social...

GENEVA (18 February 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, will undertake an official visit to the Philippines from 20 to 27 February 2015 to gather first...

GENEVA (18 February 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and on extrajudicial executions, Christof Heyns...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 18 February 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fifth periodic report of Azerbaijan on...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 17 February 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Gabon on its...

Geneva (17 February 2015) – Guatemala’s recent decision to introduce a differentiated minimum wage to promote the local manufacturing industry not only violates the country’s international human...

GENEVA (17 February 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday said the mass beheading of 20 Egyptian Coptic Christians and apparently another Christian man in...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date : 17 February 2015 Subjects : (1) Libya and (2) Ukraine (1) Libya UN High Commissioner for Human...