Human Rights Committee 9 July 2013 The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Ukraine on its implementation of the provisions of the...

GENEVA (9 July 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, will conduct an information-gathering mission to the Republic of Malawi from 12 to 22 July 2013...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Cécile Pouilly Location : Geneva Date : 09 July 2013 Subjects : 1) Egypt 1) Egypt We are alarmed at the sharp escalation of the political...

Kinshasa/Geneva 9 July 2013 – Two years after the enactment of the law criminalizing torture, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) welcomes progress in the fight against this scourge...

The Hague, 8 July 2013 Fifteen years ago, on 17 July 1998, the international community came together to resolutely counteract impunity for international crimes through a new system of global justice...