GENEVA (10 July 2012) – Two United Nations Special Rapporteurs strongly condemned grave violations of cultural rights and the right to freedom of religion and belief in the Northern part of Mali...

Good afternoon, and thank you for coming. It is a great pleasure to be here on my first visit to Kyrgyzstan. We set up a Regional Office here in 2008 – the first such UN Human Rights office anywhere...

GENEVA (10 July 2012) – A group of United Nations independent experts on poverty, water and sanitation, education, health, food, international solidarity and foreign debt warned today there is no room...

Human Rights Committee 10 July 2012 The Human Rights Committee has considered the fifth periodic report of Iceland on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil...

9 July 2012 GENEVA – The human rights record of Armenia will face the scrutiny of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on Monday 16 July and Tuesday 17 July in meetings that will be webcast live...

Madam Chairperson, Distinguished Members of the Committee, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured for this opportunity to open your 105th session and to engage with you briefly this morning. I...

GENEVA (9 July 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, hailed the European Parliament’s rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) as a...

GENEVA (9 July 2012) – Two United Nations Special Rapporteurs on human rights defenders and extrajudicial executions called on the Government of the Philippines to adopt urgent measures to protect the...

GENEVA (9 July 2012) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* started reviewing more than 200 cases of enforced disappearances. These include a number of cases...

All over the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of all ages face harassment and discrimination — at work, at home, at school and in many other everyday situations. In many countries...