It is time to move from law to practice in the implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities GENEVA (13 December 2016) – A United Nations human rights expert has urged States to redouble...

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 10th anniversary – Tuesday 13 December GENEVA (13 December 2016) – States must urgently step up their work to ensure that persons with...

Human Rights Day – Saturday 10 December 2016 GENEVA (9 December 2014) – Speaking ahead of Human Rights Day on Saturday 10 December, the largest body of independent experts of the United Nations Human...

Croatia version Zagreb, 6 December 2016 Members of the press, Ladies and gentlemen, Good afternoon and thank you all for coming. Today, I finish an intensive nine-day visit to Croatia and I am here to...

Croatia version ZAGREB / GENEVA (6 December 2016) – Croatia has a good opportunity to become an inclusive society, but it must avoid a selective approach that discriminate against certain groups while...

The right to development requires States’ action 2 December 2016 The following joint statement has been made by a group of United Nations human rights experts* to mark the 30th anniversary of the...

GENEVA (2 December 2016) – Governments must move from rhetoric to action and urgently honour their political and financial commitments to development, a group of United Nations human rights experts...

GENEVA (2 December 2016) – Four United Nations human rights experts* today called on the South African authorities to establish a clear and sustainable deinstitutionalization policy and plan of action...