Committee on the Elimination of Discriminationagainst Women 29 June 2017 BACKGROUND RELEASE Committee to Consider Situation in Italy, Thailand, Romania, Costa Rica, Montenegro, Barbados, Niger and...

Human Rights Committee BACKGROUND RELEASE 29 June 2017 Committee to Consider Reports of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Honduras, Mongolia, Madagascar and Pakistan, and Situation in Swaziland in the...

29 June 2017 Mister Director General, Madame Deputy High Commissioner, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, I wish to thank Her Excellency Ambassador Marta Mauras, Permanent Representative...

Statement by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 29 June 2017 Distinguished Special Representative of the Secretary General, Excellencies, Distinguished participants...

GENEVA (28 June 2017) – The UN Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session, held from 29 May to 23 June 2017...

GENEVA (28 June 2017) – The reported demand by a number of governments that Qatar close the Al-Jazeera media network in exchange for the lifting of sanctions would strike a major blow against media...

GENEVA (28 June 2017) - Women’s rights are facing an alarming backlash in many parts of the world, and it is critically important to press on with further setting of standards on gender equality, a...

GENEVA (28 June 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday expressed grave concern for the fate of civilians caught up in the anti-ISIL offensive in Al-Raqqa...