GENEVA (15 March 2013) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* will undertake two official visits to Libya and Spain in 2013. The visit to Libya is officially...

15 March 2013 Excellencies, Distinguished panelists, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am happy to welcome you all to this side event to launch a new publication by my Office. Human Rights Indicators: A Guide...

For her 2013 report to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur focused on the right to freedom of artistic expression and creation, which includes the right of all persons to freely experience and contribute to artistic expressions and creations, through individual or joint practice, to have access to and enjoy the arts, and to disseminate their expressions and creations.

MORNING 14 March 2013 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Ghana, Ukraine and Guatemala. Hannah Nyarko, Chargé d’affaires and Deputy Permanent...

GENEVA (14 March 2013) -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday strongly condemned the executions of seven Saudi Arabian nationals, saying “they clearly violate...

MIDDAY 14 March 2013 The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Benin, Republic of Korea and Switzerland. Seraphin Lissassi, Permanent...

GENEVA (14 March 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, today urged the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)...

AFTERNOON 14 March 2013 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan, Zambia and Japan. Zamir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan...

UN Counter-Terrorism Expert meets victims of drone strikes in Waziristan and receives clear statement from the Government of Pakistan that it considers US drone strikes to be counter-productive...