Human Rights Council 36th Session Geneva, 20 September 2017 Mr. President, Excellencies, colleagues There is something grotesque and entirely contrary to the Charter and spirit of the United Nations...

AFTERNOON GENEVA (20 September 2017) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Expert...

LATE AFTERNOON Hears Presentation of Reports on Reprisals against Persons Cooperating with the United Nations and on a Draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants GENEVA (20 September...

GENEVA (20 September 2017) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the fifth periodic report of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on its implementation of the Convention on...

36th session of the Human Rights Council - (11 – 29 September 2017) Wednesday, 20 September 2017 - Palais des Nations, Room XX Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honour for me to...

GENEVA (19 September 2017) – Experts on witchcraft and human rights are gathering in Geneva on 21 and 22 September in search of solutions to the issue, estimated to kill, maim and affect thousands of...