World Water Day – Sunday 22 March GENEVA (19 March 2015) – The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Léo Heller, today called for the new UN...

GENEVA (20 March 2015) – “The Coordination Committee of Special Procedures – the 53 independent experts and bodies appointed by the Human Rights Council with specific mandates on a range of issues and...

GENEVA (20 March 2015) – “Disaster and the effects of climate change mainly affect individuals and communities: any strategy must include everyone,” a group of United Nations human rights experts*...

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Saturday 21 March 2015 GENEVA (20 March 2015) – Speaking ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 20 March 2015 BACKGROUND RELEASE Committee to Consider the Reports of Cook Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Germany, Mongolia...

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 20 March 2015 The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review. In the debate, States reiterated their attachment to...

Human Rights Committee 20 March 2015 The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Cyprus on its implementation of the provisions of the International...

Theme "Learning from Historical Tragedies to Combat Racial Discrimination Today" by Professor Verene A. Shepherd, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica Member of the Working Group of Experts on...

GENEVA (20 March 2015) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* called on Vanuatu and the international community to adopt a human rights framework as the basis for recovery in the aftermath...

GENEVA (19 March 2015) – The so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) may have committed all three of the most serious international crimes – namely war crimes, crimes against humanity...