LA PAZ (10 September 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on racism, Mutuma Ruteere, urged today the Government of Bolivia to consolidate the important progress in addressing the problem of...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Date : 7 September 2012 Subject : Azerbaijan We are seriously concerned about the case of Ramil Safarov...

Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 4 September 2012 Council to Hear Presentations from 19 Independent Human Rights Experts and Bodies; Commission on Inquiry on Syria also to Present Latest Report...

GENEVA (6 September 2012) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday said that the Bahraini appeals court’s decision to uphold the convictions of 20 human rights activists and...

General information The Human Rights Committee is composed of 18 independent experts, who are persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights, consideration...

GENEVA (5 September 2012) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* will undertake its first visit to Pakistan from 10 to 20 September 2012, at the invitation of...

GENEVA (5 September 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, will visit Ecuador from 10 to 17 September 2012 to examine the overall situation of the...

Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers BACKGROUND RELEASE 5 September 2012 Committee to Review Reports Presented by Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina The seventeenth session of the Committee on the...

“Improving access to justice for the poor, key element for the rule of law,” UN expert tells world governments GENEVA (3 September 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty...