Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location : Geneva Date : 28 August 2015 Subjects : Venezuela / Colombia We are concerned about the situation at the...

GENEVA/BANGUI (28 August 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday begins a four-day visit to the Central African Republic. During his visit, High Commissioner...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 25 August 2015 Subjects: Maldives, Nepal and Iraq 1) Maldives The High Commissioner has expressed his...

GENEVA (21 August 2015) – Serious human rights violations and abuses that occurred in Darfur in 2014, including killings and sexual violence, have largely gone uninvestigated and unpunished, according...

Comment on Mauritania by Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 21 August 2015 We are disappointed that the appeals court in Aleg yesterday missed an opportunity...

Memorial Ceremony in remembrance of those killed in the service of human rights 19 August 2015 My dear colleagues and friends, On this day twelve years, 22 of our co-workers were killed in an attack...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 18 August 2015 (1) Libya We are extremely concerned by recent events involving militants claiming...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location : Geneva Date : 14 August 2015 Subjects : (1) Burundi and (2) Iraq (1) Burundi The human rights situation in...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location : Geneva Date : 11 August 2015 Subjects : (1) Thailand / lèse-majesté and (2) Mali (1) Thailand / lèse-majesté...