Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 19 March 2018 The Human Rights Council this evening held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian...

Briefing to the Security Council under Arria formula on the situation in the Middle East (Syria) Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein 19 March 2018 Mr. Chairman...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 16 March 2018 We have been receiving deeply alarming reports from Afrin in northwestern Syria about...

GENEVA (16 March 2018) - The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today the consideration of the initial report of Bangladesh on measures taken to implement the provisions of...

Thank you for inviting me to participate in this event. Over the past years, the reported number and severity of reprisals and intimidation against civil society – individuals and NGOs – cooperating...

Thank you for inviting me to participate in this event. Over the past years, the reported number and severity of reprisals and intimidation against civil society – individuals and NGOs – cooperating...

GENEVA (15 March 2018) – UN experts* have expressed concern over the imminent execution in Saudi Arabia of a man convicted of spying for Iran, financing terrorism and spreading the Shia faith, and...