GENEVA (9 June 2011) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday condemned the Syrian authorities’ unrelenting violent crackdown on peaceful protestors across the country, and...

GENEVA (9 June 2011) – UN Special Rapporteur Olivier De Schutter will conduct an official mission to Mexico from 13 to 20 June 2011, to assess the realization of the right to food and engage in a...

New York, 8 June 2011 Panel 2: Prevention—what can be done to get to zero new infections? Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, After 30 years of awareness of the epidemic, there have been many...

GENEVA (8 June 2011) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* on Wednesday voiced its serious concern and urged the Chinese authorities to disclose the fate and...

The independent expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Mr. Justice Chande Othman, issued the following statement following the conclusion of visit to the Sudan from 31 May to 8 June...

Human Rights Council MORNING 8 June 2011 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Myanmar, Australia and Georgia. Tun Shin, Attorney General of...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 8 June 2011 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Cuba on how that country is implementing the provisions of the...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 8 June 2011 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe and Namibia...

7 June 2011 Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva BAHRAIN The High Commissioner would like to make clear that a meeting she had last Friday with...

7 June 2011 GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Tuesday she was deeply troubled by reports of use of live fire by Israeli security forces against civilians protesting along...