GENEVA (14 June 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Mutuma Ruteere, emphasized the importance of education in the fight against racism, xenophobia and...

GENEVA (14 June 2013) - Miklos Haraszti, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, has urged the Belarus government to engage with his mandate to improve the country’s human...

GENEVA, 14 June 2013 – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, Richard Falk, called today on Israel to end...

GENEVA, 14 June 2013 - On the eve of 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, said today: “I acknowledge that mega sporting...

Human Rights Council MORNING 14 June 2013 Adopts Presidential Statement on the Situation of Human Rights of Muslims in Myanmar The Human Rights Council this morning adopted eight texts in which it...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 14 June 2013 Human Rights Council Appoints Independent Experts on Haiti and Mali, Concludes Twenty-Third Regular Session The Human Rights Council this afternoon closed...

Human Rights Council ROUNDUP 14 June 2013 The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-third regular session this afternoon after adopting 26 resolutions, a Presidential Statement and a decision, on...

Committee on the Rights of the Child ROUNDUP 14 June 2013 Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Armenia, Rwanda, Israel, Uzbekistan, Slovenia and Guinea-Bissau The Committee...

This report presents findings integrated from seven databases built by Syrian human rights monitors and one database collected by the Syrian government. The databases collect information about...

GENEVA (13 June 2013) – An updated analysis carried out by data specialists on behalf of the UN Human Rights Office has led to the compilation of a list of 92,901 documented cases of individuals...