GENEVA (16 March 2017) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is due to make its first visit to Hungary from 20 to 31 March 2017 to assess the treatment of persons deprived...

Human Rights Council MORNING 16 March 2017 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Togo, Syria and Venezuela. Kokouvi Agbetomey, Minister for Justice...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 16 March 2017 BACKGROUND RELEASE Committee to Review Reports of the Republic of Moldova, Iran, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jordan, Armenia...

GENEVA (16 March 2017) – A fresh call for prompt action to protect people with albinism in Malawi is being made by a UN rights expert following a number of attacks, including several this year across...

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 16 March 2017 The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Iceland, Zimbabwe and Lithuania. Hogni S. Kristjansson...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 16 March 2017 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Uganda, Timor-Leste and the Republic of Moldova...

Human Rights Committee 16 March 2017 The Human Rights Committee continued its discussion on General Comment No. 36 on Article 6 on the right to life of the International Covenant on Civil and...

This room full of women reminds me that anti-trafficking action has largely been in the hands of women worldwide, both in governments and in NGOs. And this is the reason why the anti-trafficking...