30 November - 1 December, Room XX, Palais des Nations, Geneva Minority youth to call for inclusive and diverse societies GENEVA (29 November 2016) – The UN Forum on Minority Issues will take place in...

GENEVA (29 November 2017) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, will visit the United States from 1 to 15 December 2017 to examine government efforts to...

GENEVA (29 November 2017) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eleventh and twelfth periodic reports of Slovakia on its...

GENEVA (29 November 2017) – A three-member delegation from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will carry out an official visit to Sri Lanka from 4 to 15 December 2017 to assess the country’s...

Statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein 29 November 2017 Excellencies, Distinguished Chair and members of the Working Group on Business and Human Rights...

Excellencies, As other speakers have noted, this year marked half a century of occupation. During this time, year after year, the reports of the Secretary-General and of the High Commissioner for...

GENEVA (29 November 2017) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon held a thematic discussion on racial discrimination in today’s world: racial profiling, ethnic...

GENEVA (28 November 2017) – A group of UN experts tasked with monitoring a global treaty on discrimination against women has requested an exceptional report from the Government of Myanmar on the...

GENEVA (28 November 2017) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighteenth to twentieth periodic report of Australia on its...

French GENEVA / MONTREAL (28 November 2017) – Human rights educators from over 50 countries will meet in Montreal from November 30 to look at ways governments, civil society organizations, academia...