ROUNDUP Creates a New Mandate on South Sudan, also Adopts Resolutions on Protecting Human Rights of Defenders and Human Rights in the Context of Peaceful Protests GENEVA (24 March 2016) - The Human...

Geneva, 23 March 2016 Part 1: Item 2 Mr. President, Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellences, Ladies and gentlemen, This afternoon you have before you five reports of the Secretary-General and...

MORNING Concludes Interactive Dialogue on South Sudan GENEVA (23 March 2016) - The Human Rights Council this morning held separate interactive dialogues with Gustavo Gallón, Independent Expert on the...

GENEVA (23 March 2016) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will review Portugal on 29 and 30 March in sessions that will be webcast live. Portugal is one of the 162...

GENEVA (23 March 2016) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will review Chile on 31 March and 1 April in sessions that will be webcast live. Chile is one of the 162...

Arabic GENEVA (23 March 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday expressed grave concern over the closure of hundreds of civil society organizations in Egypt...

GENEVA / SANTIAGO (23 March 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, will undertake an official visit to Chile from 28 March to 4 April 2016 to examine...

BACKGROUND RELEASE Committee to Consider Reports of Portugal, Thailand, Chile, Slovakia, Serbia, Lithuania and Uganda GENEVA (23 March 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...