Spanish GENEVA (27 November 2017) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas, is conducting his first official visit to...

GENEVA (27 November 2017) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an informal meeting with civil society representatives from Australia and Belarus, whose reports...

Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law & Lund University, Sweden 27 November 2017 Professor Sorensen Director Kjaerum, Colleagues and Friends I am honoured to be delivering...

GENEVA (24 November, 2017) – The UN’s Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Mali, Suliman Baldo, is visiting the country from 27 November to 1 December 2017, amid concerns about ongoing...

GENEVA (24 November 2017) – A UN Special Rapporteur has strongly condemned the killing of a state-level Ombudsperson in Mexico and called on the Government to set up protection schemes for defenders...

Committee against Torture 23 November 2017 The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the initial report of Timor-Leste on its implementation of the provisions of the...

Committee against Torture 24 November 2017 The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the second periodic report of Rwanda on its implementation of the provisions of...

GENEVA (24 November 2017) – UN experts on the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will visit Belize, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia and Poland next year to assess the treatment of people deprived of...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 24 November 2017 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighteenth to...