Mr. President, The sound of mass murder in war is not the howling of machine-guns or popping of side arms. The real sound of an act of genocide, the sound of Srebrenica that I heard years ago was the...

BEIJING / GENEVA (7 July 2015) – The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, today urged the Government of China to fully incorporate the UN human...

GENEVA (7 July 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, today urged the Government of Belize to ensure respect for the rights of the...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Cécile Pouilly Location : Geneva Date : 7 July 2015 Subject : Yemen We are deeply concerned about the worsening human rights and...

GENEVA (7 July 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed deep concern about the human rights implications of a new Law on National Security adopted by...

Human Rights Committee 7 July 2015 The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Spain on its implementation of the provisions of the International...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 7 July 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined third to seventh periodic reports of...