MORNING 13 March 2013 The Human Rights Council this morning concluded the general debate on its subsidiary bodies and mechanisms, including on the report of the Forum on Minority Issues and on the...

KINSHASA/GENEVA (13 March 2013) – A UN research into the human rights situation in detention centers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shows that the number of deaths in detention almost...

13 March 2013 Excellency, Distinguished panellists, Ladies and gentlemen, I applaud the Council for its leadership on the important topic you will discuss today: the profoundly negative impact of...

13 March 2013 The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China on the implementation of the provisions...

MIDDAY 13 March 2013 The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today held a panel on the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights. Opening the panel, Navi Pillay, High...

WASHINGTON D.C. (13 March 2013) – In a first-ever briefing to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on solitary confinement in the Americas, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture...

GENEVA (13 March 2013) – Two United Nations independent experts on extrajudicial executions, torture, and arbitrary detention today expressed outrage at the execution of seven men in Saudi Arabia...

AFTERNOON 13 March 2013 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of the Czech Republic, Argentina and Gabon. Katerina Sequensova, Permanent...

13 March 2013 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon held a discussion on working methods on a proposal to request additional resources and on the agenda for its retreat to The Hague in April 2013...