GENEVA (7 March 2014) The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries today concluded its 21st session. It held an expert meeting on options for a legally binding instrument to regulate the activities...

GENEVA/BUJUMBURA (7 March 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday expressed concern at the increasing restrictions on civil and political rights in Burundi, following a...

GENEVA (7 March 2014) – UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović arrived in Ukraine late Thursday evening to conduct a preliminary assessment of the human rights situation...

MIDDAY/AFTERNOON 7 March 2014 The Human Rights Council today discussed the prevention of genocide, holding a high-level panel discussion dedicated to the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Convention on...

GENEVA (6 March 2014) – A group of United Nations independent experts* have asked the Government of Venezuela for prompt clarification of allegations of arbitrary detention and excessive use of force...

GENEVA (6 March 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, greets the five-point agreement reached by the two main political parties...

GENEVA / AMMAN (6 March 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque will visit Jordan from 11 to 16 March 2014 to assess measures implemented by the State to prioritize and...

MORNING 6 March 2014 The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its High-level Segment after hearing statements from 10 dignitaries from Bahrain, Ghana, the Commonwealth, Ecuador, Central African...

Geneva, 6 March 2014 Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, 2013 was a landmark year for OHCHR. The twentieth anniversaries of the...

AFTERNOON 6 March 2014 The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard a presentation by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of her annual report, and started an interactive dialogue...