Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Subject : (1) Guinea (2) Executions in the Gambia, Iraq and South Sudan (1) Guinea We are concerned about...

GENEVA (30 August 2012) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Thursday she was deeply disturbed that after 27 years without any official executions in the Gambia, nine death row...

KINSHASA/GENEVA (28 August 2012) – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the DRC, Roger Meece, expressed deep concern today over reports of further massacres of civilians in...

NEW YORK / PORT-AU-PRINCE / GENEVA (23 August 2012) – The announced official visit to Haiti by a senior United Nations human rights official has been postponed due to a hurricane warning in the...

NEW YORK / PORT-AU-PRINCE (21 August 2012) – United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, will visit Haiti starting Wednesday to discuss deep-rooted human rights...

Acting Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Xabier Celaya Location : Geneva Date : 17 August 2012 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, welcomes...

13 August 2012 Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to welcome you today as you meet for the second session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group...

KABUL/GENEVA (8 August 2012) – In the first six months of 2012, conflict-related violence in Afghanistan continued to take a devastating toll on civilians, the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan...

6 August 2012 President of the Human Rights Council, Chairperson, Distinguished members of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to...

Acting Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location : Geneva Date: 3 August 2012 (1) Sudan (Darfur) Security forces in Darfur are believed to have killed at...