End violence and harmful medical practices on intersex children and adults, UN and regional experts urge (24 October 2016) – Speaking ahead of Intersex Awareness Day on 26 October, a group of United...

Organized by the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa 59th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Banjul, 23 October 2016 Honourable Commissioners, Excellencies...

Spanish GENEVA (13 October 2016) – The UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, Habitat III, which takes place next week, is a unique opportunity to ensure human rights responses...

Spanish Geneva, 13 October 2016 As independent human rights experts 1 / appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, we welcome the first XXI century global gathering to discuss urbanization and its...

Third Committee, Item 27 10 October 2016 New York Mr. President, Madame Chairperson, distinguished delegates, representatives of the United Nations and the NGO community, It is with great pleasure...

GENEVA (7 October 2016) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed today called on the Islamic Republic of Iran for the immediate and unconditional release of a British-Iranian national...