GENEVA (27 April 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday condemned the increasing number of attacks against high level officials in Burundi, including most...

Committee against Torture 27 April 2016 The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Turkey on the measures taken to implement the...

GENEVA (27 April 2016) – Georgia’s record on tackling racial discrimination will face scrutiny by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on 2 and 3 May in meetings that will...

GENEVA (27 April 2016) – The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories will...

GENEVA (27 April 2016) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today warned that over a dozen political prisoners in Iran, including some prominent human rights defenders, lawyers and...

GENEVA (27 April 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, will undertake his first official visit to Mauritania from 2 to 11 May 2016. The...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights General Discussion Day: 16 June 2015

GENEVA (26 April 2016) – The rights of two deaf people in Australia were violated when they were called up for jury service but then told they could not have the support they needed, in the form of...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Subjects: (1) Mexico & (2) Mauritania Date: 26 April 2016 (1) Mexico We commend the invaluable work of the...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 26 April 2016 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning heard from civil society representatives about the situation...