Human Rights Committee 25 October 2016 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its discussion and first reading on a draft General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on...

GENEVA (26 October 2016) – The record of Belarus on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on 28 October. Belarus has ratified...

GENEVA (26 October 2016) – Bhutan’s record on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on 27 October. Bhutan has ratified the...

New York, 26 October 2016 Ms. President, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a year ago, Member States made a historical...

NEW YORK (26 October 2016) – States need to know how to ensure that persons with disabilities are both benefiting from and contributing to development, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the...

GENEVA / NEW YORK (26 October 2016) – The UN Human Rights Office today welcomed the selection of Manfred Nowak to lead a new global study on the situation of children deprived of their liberty. The...

NEW YORK (26 October 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, has today issued an urgent call to step up international action against the destruction of...

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group 26 October 2016 BACKGROUND RELEASE The twenty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group...