The Committee considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Haiti (CEDAW/C/HTI/8-9) at its 1394th and 1395th meetings, on 29 February and 1 March 2016 (see CEDAW/C/SR.1394 and 1395)...

Russian DUSHANBE / GENEVA (9 March 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, today expressed grave concern about increasing...

GENEVA (9 March 2016) – New Zealand’s human rights record will be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee on 14 and 15 March in Geneva. As one of the 168 States that have ratified the International...

GENEVA (9 March 2016) – “Gender stereotypes still cause us to downplay the suffering of women, girls, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people and sometimes even acquiesce in it...

GENEVA (9 March 2016) – Any attempt to fight intolerance, stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination and incite to violence based on religion or belief should make use of both the rights to freedom...

GENEVA (9 March 2016) – Two United Nations human rights experts presented today a new report to the UN Human Rights Council offering extensive recommendations to States and police forces around the...

MORNING / MIDDAY Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteurs on Torture and on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography GENEVA (9 March 2016) - The Human Rights...