Human Rights Committee 18 July 2013 Also Discusses its Methods of Work The Human Rights Committee today continued its first reading, paragraph by paragraph, of a draft General Comment on Article 9 of...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 18 July 2013 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined second and third periodic report of...

Ladies and gentlemen, Good afternoon. In our capacity as members of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, we have today ended our ten-day mission to Ghana. We are grateful to...

GENEVA / PANAMA CITY (17 July 2013) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, will visit Panama from 19 to 26 July 2013, to study the situation of...

ACCRA (17 July 2013) – Ghana needs to prepare its economy, society and institutions to ensure its expanding economy does not undermine human rights protection, the UN Working Group on Business and...

Human Rights Committee 17 July 2013 The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of the Czech Republic on its implementation of the provisions of...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 17 July 2013 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of the United...

Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Thank you for inviting the Human Rights Office to brief you on the human rights situation in Syria. As you are aware, the...

GENEVA (16 July 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, today welcomed the abolition of Nasaka, the notorious border security force...

Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Thank you for inviting the Human Rights Office to brief you on the human rights situation in Syria. As you are aware, the...