Tuesday, 7 July 10.45 Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, It is with great pleasure and honor that I am here again today to update you on the recent work of the Human Rights...

Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 20/16, in which the Council requested the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to present to the Council before the...

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 6 July 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental...

MEXICO / GENEVA (3 July 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, today urged the Mexican authorities to consider new evidence...

GENEVA (6 July 2015) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has announced plans to visit 10 countries in 2016, as part of its work to prevent and eliminate torture and cruel...

Human Rights Committee 6 July 2015 The Human Rights Committee held a public meeting this morning in which it discussed its methods of work, focusing on periodicity under the simplified reporting...

Mission to China, 29 June to 6 July 2015 END OF MISSION STATEMENT Beijing, 6 July 2015 Today I end my official country visit to the People’s Republic of China which began on 29 June 2015. I would like...

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 6 July 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its sixty-first session, hearing a...

GENEVA (6 July 2015) – The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and international sanctions, Idriss Jazairy, welcomed the re-establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the...