GENEVA / BUCHAREST (12 May 2016) – Romania has made progress in improving conditions of detention in the country but much remains to be done, including reducing overcrowding in prisons and other...

GENEVA (12 May 2016) – United Nations human rights experts* today called on the Government of Cambodia to stop targeting civil society, human rights defenders, parliamentarians and UN personnel, and...

Hungarian BUDAPEST / GENEVA (12 May 2016) – The United Nations Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice* will undertake its first official visit to Hungary...

GENEVA (12 May 2016) – Speaking ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on 17 May, a group of United Nations and international human rights experts* call for an...

New York, 12 May 2016 Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me first congratulate the organizers – the European Union, the World Council of Churches, UNICEF, and the People’s Movement for Human...

This report provides an overview of the regulatory ecosystem that underpins the Internet and trends in State and private action that implicate freedom of expression online. Among the issues the Special Rapporteur discusses are the role of key participants in the ICT sector; the relevant human rights standards applicable to States and the private sector; and the legal and policy concerns that he will examine over the course of his mandate. While this report principally aims to map the private ICT sector, it also concludes with some general recommendations

Nouakchott, 11 May 2016 1. Introduction This statement marks the conclusion of a ten-day visit to Mauritania at the invitation of the Government. I am very grateful to the Government, particularly the...

Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Geneva, 11 May 2016 – The United Nations mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab...

Arabic NOUAKCHOTT / GENEVA (11 May 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, today said that Mauritania’s continuing stability in a volatile...

GENEVA (11 May 2016) – Children’s rights in Samoa will be reviewed by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on 17 and 18 May in sessions that will be webcast live. Samoa is one of the 196 States...