JUBA/GENEVA (21 January 2016) – Widespread human rights violations and abuses have been committed in South Sudan by all parties to the conflict since December 2013, including hundreds of extra...

GENEVA (21 January 2016) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today called on the Ethiopian authorities to end the ongoing crackdown on peaceful protests by the country’s security forces...

GENEVA (21 January 2016) – United Nations human rights expert Juan E. Méndez will visit Mauritania from 25 January to 3 February 2016 to assess developments and identify challenges regarding the use...

GENEVE (21 January 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded today its consideration of the combined second and third periodic report of Brunei Darussalam on its implementation of the...

GENEVE (21 January 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined third to fifth periodic report of Kenya on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on...

GENEVA (21 January 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and unilateral sanctions, Idriss Jazairy, today welcomed the lifting of sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program by...

GENEVA (20 January 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined third to fifth periodic report of Benin on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on...

GENEVA (19 January 2016) – Children’s rights in Brunei Darussalam will be reviewed by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on 21 January in sessions that will be webcast live. Brunei is...