GENEVA 2 (February 2011) – UN Independent Expert Fatsah Ouguergouz welcomed the adoption of the law on the Independent National Human Rights Commission and urged the authorities to set up effectively...

GENEVA (2 February 2011) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday expressed alarm at the dramatic increase in executions in Iran since the beginning of this year. According to...

PRETORIA - The UN expert on migrants’ human rights praised South Africa for some of the measures it has taken to alleviate the impact of the economic crisis on migrants. However, he noted that it is...

GENEVA (2 February 2011) – Two UN independent experts warned Tuesday that there has been a dramatic surge in death sentences in the Islamic Republic of Iran carried out in the absence of...

"Today is the last day of our week-long mission to Tunisia. Concerned that the human rights aspirations of the Tunisian people are achieved and their sacrifices are not in vain, the UN High...

The Recommended Principles and Guidelines aim to provide practical, rightsbased policy guidance on the prevention of trafficking and the protection of victims of trafficking. The Commentary on the...

عربي | English GENEVA (1 February 2011) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday praised the extraordinary popular movement in Egypt, said she was deeply alarmed by the sharp...

GENEVA (1 February 2011) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Tuesday that she has offered the authorities in Haiti technical assistance towards the prosecution of crimes...

1 February 2011 News of the brutal murder of Ugandan human rights activist David Kato has reverberated around the world. Kato was beaten to death at his home outside of Kampala on January 26. He had...