7 October 2013 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations to hear information on the situation of women...

7 October 2013 Madam Deputy High Commissioner, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me, in my capacity as the President of the Human Rights Council to address you today, who are on the...

GENEVA (4 October 2013) – Three United Nations independent experts today urged the Azerbaijani Government to recognize and facilitate the work of human rights defenders and civil society organizations...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 4 October 2013 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined second and third periodic report...

GENEVA / LOME (4 October 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggya will visit Togo from 7 to 11 October 2013 to monitor the situation of human rights defenders, and follow up on her...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date : 4 October 2013 Subjects: 1) Italy / Lampedusa 2) Vietnam 3) Racism and Sport 1) Italy / Lampedusa...

Committee on the Rights of the Child ROUNDUP 4 October 2013 Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Sao Tome and Principe, Kuwait, Republic of Moldova, Tuvalu, Lithuania, Paraguay, China...