Brasilia, 16 December 2015 Introduction In our capacity as members of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, we have today ended our ten-day visit to Brazil. This was our first...

GENEVA (16 December 2015) – United Nations human rights expert David Kaye today expressed grave concern at the growing repression of freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia. He noted a string of severe...

Portuguese BRASILIA (16 December 2015) – The United Nations Working Group on business and human rights today encouraged Brazil to make greater efforts to pursue economic development in a way that...

This report was prepared by the Human Rights and Protection Section (HRPS) of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and is released jointly with the Office of the United Nations High...

The report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its resolution 28/19, follows up on a previous report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights entitled "Towards a better investment in the rights of the child" (A/HRC/28/33).

GENEVA (15 December 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, today called on the trade ministers gathering in Nairobi, Kenya, for the World Trade Organization...

Geneva, 15 December 2015 Room XX Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Last week, in Canada, one of the country’s main newspapers ran a big front page headline addressing the first of the 25,000 Syrian...

Tuesday, 15 December 2015 Greetings, and a particularly warm welcome to HRC President-elect Amb Choi Kyong-lim of RoK From time to time, it is important for us to take stock of our actions and, with...

15 December 2015 Suva Members of the press, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by warmly thanking the Government of Fiji for inviting me to examine the situation of the right to education. I...