GENEVA (9 December 2016) – Malaysia must protect all of its human rights defenders instead of targeting them under national security legislation, said today a group of United Nations human rights...

Portuguese GENEVA (9 December 2016) – Government plans to freeze social spending in Brazil for 20 years are entirely incompatible with the country’s human rights obligations, according to the United...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Date: 9 December 2016 Location: Geneva Subject: Syria We are gravely concerned about the safety of civilians in Aleppo –...

GENEVA (9 December 2016) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session from 21 November to 9 December...

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...

GENEVA ( 9 December 2016) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is due to make its second visit to Mexico from 12 to 21 December to assess the treatment of persons deprived...

[check against delivery] Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Security Council, One year has passed since the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was...

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Argentina, Uruguay, Togo, Portugal, Turkmenistan and Italy GENEVA (9 December 2016) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial...

BACKGROUND RELEASE GENEVA (9 December 2016) - The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on the human rights situation in South Sudan on Wednesday, 14 December starting at 10 a.m. in Room XX...