7 June 2013 I thank you for your invitation to address you on the situation in Syria. The situation on the ground has exceeded our worst fears. The brutal violence inside Syria has steadily spread...

SEOUL (7 June 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, called on the Government of the Republic of Korea “to bring certain laws and...

MIDDAY 7 June 2013 Hears Reports from Social Forum, Forum on Business and Human Rights and Working Group on Right to Peace, Concludes Debate on Human Rights Situations that Require the Council’s...

7 June 2013 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined second, third and fourth periodic report of Guinea-Bissau on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention...

WASHINGTON DC (7 June 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, today concluded a week long visit to Washington DC in which he sought...

AFTERNOON 7 June 2013 Concludes General Debate on Subsidiary Bodies of the Human Rights Council The Human Rights Council this afternoon considered the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of...

GENEVA (6 June 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur Chaloka Beyani will visit Georgia from 10 to 14 June 2013 to examine the overall situation of internally displaced persons in the country...

Geneva (6 June, 2013) - United Nations human rights experts have voiced grave concern that two Russian non-governmental organizations that gave evidence to the UN Committee against Torture have been...

MORNING 6 June 2013 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of France, Tonga and Romania. Nicolas Niemtchinow, Permanent Representative of France to...