Thousands of women who were raped by the Burmese military live in refugee camps that are at risk from monsoon flooding By Andrew Gilmour a nd Pramila Patten May 9, 2018, 11:00 PM GMT+2 But will the...

GENEVA (9 May 2018) – Protracted restrictions on the human rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association are incompatible with the conduct of a credible electoral process in Turkey, UN...

French GENEVA (9 May 2018) – UN human rights experts* are calling on the authorities in Burundi to release immediately a leading human rights worker, Germain Rukuki, who was sentenced to 32 years’...

Russian GENEVA (9 May 2018) – The Russian Federation’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday...

Spanish GENEVA (9 May 2018) – The UN Human Rights Office has stressed that it stands both by the methodology and the findings of its report into allegations of torture and cover-ups in the Ayotzinapa...

French GENEVA (9 May 2018) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday expressed deep alarm at the volatile situation in the Central African Republic, particularly given...

In this interview Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner of the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), talks about the ‘leave no one behind’ initiative, which is central to both the Agenda for Humanity and...

The Special Rapporteur presented this thematic report focusing on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its impact on social protection to the GA at its 73rd session in September 2018. Summary The...

GENEVA (8 May 2018) – Canada’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Friday, 11 May 2018 in a...