GENEVA / PHNOM PENH (17 March 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith, will carry out an official visit to the country from 21 to 31...

The Human Rights Council has achieved a great deal in the past ten years. It is, and has been an unprecedented assembly. The world's most important forum for human rights, bringing 47 States together...

17 March 2016 at 15:00 room XX Palais des Nations, Geneva Mr. President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, I am very grateful to have the opportunity to contribute to this important panel on the...

Human Rights Council MORNING 17 March 2016 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Australia, Georgia and Saint Lucia. John Paton Quin, Permanent...

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 17 March 2016 The Human Rights Council today adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Oman, Myanmar, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Abdulla Nasser Al Rahbi, Permanent...

Human Rights Committee 17 March 2016 The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Costa Rica on its implementation of the provisions of the...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 17 March 2016 Hears a Video Message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion aimed at examining...

Portuguese 17 March 2016 In my capacity as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples I carried out a visit to Brazil from 7 to 17 March 2016 to identify and assess the main...

GENEVA (16 March 2016) – Europe cannot shrug off its responsibility for migrants and pass the buck to Turkey, said the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François...

BANGUI / GENEVA (16 March 2016) – During her sixth visit* to the Central African Republic, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, Marie-Thérèse Keita...