Lecture delivered by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Christ’s College, Cambridge 24 November 2017 I am honoured to be delivering the Lady Margaret Lecture and am very...

Remarks by Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Dublin 24 November 2017 The following is a transcript of remarks made by Assistant Secretary-General Gilmour at an event...

GENEVA (23 November 2017) – United Nations human rights experts* have called on the Government of the Philippines to carry out prompt, impartial investigations into the high number of killings in the...

GENEVA (23 November 2017) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing has commended Canada for announcing the adoption of its first-ever national housing strategy. “What makes this a truly...

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein 23 November 2017 Excellencies, Distinguished panellists and participants Colleagues and friends, It is an honour to stand among...

Chinese GENEVA (23 November 2017) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* has appealed to the Government of China to unconditionally release Jiang Tianyong, a human rights lawyer jailed for...

GENEVA (23 November 2017) – The UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ikponwosa Ero, will visit Fiji from 27 November to 7 December to gather first-hand...

23 November 2017 I am addressing you today at the conclusion of my official visit to Viet Nam that I undertook at the invitation of the Government from 13 to 23 November 2017. The objective of my...

GENEVA (23 November 2017) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twentieth and twenty-first periodic reports of Algeria on its...

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein 23 November 2017 Excellencies, Distinguished panellists and participants Colleagues and friends, It is an honour to stand among...