GENEVA (6 November 2014) – Two United Nations human rights experts today urged the Government of Bangladesh to stay the execution of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, leader of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights BACKGROUND RELEASE 6 November 2014 Experts to Review Reports of Viet Nam, Portugal, Finland, Montenegro, Guatemala, Slovenia, Nepal and Romania The...

Committee against Torture 6 November 2014 The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Ukraine on its implementation of the provisions of the...

GENEVA (5 November 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Urmila Bhoola will visit Niger from 11 to 21 November 2014 to assess the situation in the country regarding contemporary forms of slavery...

GENEVA (5 November 2014) – For the first time, two UN human rights expert committees have joined forces to issue a comprehensive interpretation of the obligations of States to prevent and eliminate...

Committee against Torture 5 November 2014 The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Sweden on its implementation of the...

NEW YORK / GENEVA (4 November 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Mutuma Ruteere, on Monday urged all States represented at the UN General Assembly “to take...

Committee against Torture 4 November 2014 The Committee against Torture marked today the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading...

4 November 2014, 15:00 Room XXVIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva Mr. Chairperson, Distinguished Members of the Committee against Torture, Excellences, Colleagues and friends, It is with great pleasure...

Thirty years have passed since the United Nations Convention against Torture entered into force, enshrining in international law an unequivocal prohibition of this heinous practice under all...