Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 15 January 2016 (1) Burundi The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has just...

GENEVA (13 January 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded today its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Latvia on its implementation of the provisions...

GENEVA (14 January 2016) – Children’s rights in the Maldives will be reviewed by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on 19 January in sessions that will be webcast live. The Maldives is...

GENEVA (14 January 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of France on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention...

Japanese | Korean GENEVA / TOKYO (13 January 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Marzuki Darusman, will...

GENEVA (13 January 2016) – Three United Nations human rights experts will visit Nigeria from 18 to 22 January 2016 to examine the measures to assist in the rehabilitation and reintegration of the...

GENEVA (13 January 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of Oman on its implementation of the provisions...

BACKGROUND RELEASE GENEVA (13 January 2016) - The twenty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 18 to 29 January during...

In this report, the Independent Expert explores the interrelationships between income and wealth inequality, on the one hand, and financial crises, on the other, and their implications for the enjoyment of human rights.