GENEVA (13 April 2017) – Men detained in the Russian Republic of Chechnya simply for being perceived to be gay must be immediately released and their abuse and persecution ended, United Nations human...

​I am very grateful for this opportunity – thank you Columbia – and would like to start our discussion today with the most critical aspect of human rights – not rights but humans! I should be clear...

Chibok girls kidnaping – Third anniversary, 14 April 2017 GENEVA (12 April 2017) – A fresh appeal is being made to the Nigerian Government by UN human rights experts* to take all necessary measures to...

GENEVA (12 April 2017) – Dedicated human and financial resources must be made available for persons with disabilities in the new global framework on refugees and migrants, UN experts have urged, as an...

GENEVA (12 April 2017) – The blockade of war-ravaged Yemen must be lifted immediately to allow the entry of relief supplies to tackle a humanitarian catastrophe in which millions of people are facing...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 12 April 2017 ROUNDUP　 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its seventeenth session after adopting...