Remarks by High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein New York, 26 September 2017 Thank you, John, for hosting today’s event and for Microsoft’s very welcome financial support to the UN Human Rights...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 26 September 2017 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Guinea under the Optional Protocol on the...

French GENEVA (26 September 2017) – Tunisia is being encouraged to do more to tackle discrimination by a group of UN experts* who have welcomed the abolition of a ban on Muslim women marrying men who...

GENEVA (26 September 2017) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Cyprus under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of...

GENEVE (26 September 2017) - The Human Rights Council at its midday meeting held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Speakers expressed concern at...

Accenture, Baker McKenzie, BNP Paribas, The Coca-Cola Company, Deutsche Bank, EDF, EY, Gap Inc., Godrej, IKEA Group, Microsoft, Oath, Orange, SAP, and Spotify among early adopters of the Standards of...

GENEVA (25 September 2017) – A United Nations human rights expert says Malaysia has much to lose if the authorities do not take seriously warning signs that the country’s culture of tolerance is under...