GENEVA (7 December 2018) – On the occasion of Human Rights Day, independent experts* appointed by the Human Rights Council have underscored the centrality of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...

GENEVA (7 December, 2018) – The UN Committee Against Torture has published its findings on the rights record of countries it examined during its latest session: Canada, Guatemala, Maldives...

Spanish GENEVA (7 December 2018) – UN experts welcomed the decision of the court in Tegucigalpa to convict the murderers of the environmental rights defender, Berta Cáceres, but reiterated their...

ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Canada, Guatemala, Maldives, the Netherlands, Peru and Viet Nam GENEVA (7 December 2018) - The Committee against Torture this morning concluded...

Addresses Treaty Body Strengthening, Implementation of the Committee’s Recommendations, and the Resurgence of Extremism The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today held its sixth...

Spanish Article 28: Right to a Free and Fair World The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted in a period, 1946-1948, that was simultaneously filled with optimism, yet overshadowed by the...

7 December 2018 Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson of the CHRSS: Thank you for being present today. We value the opportunity to be able to speak to the South Sudanese community, and the international community...

Spanish Article 27: Right to Cultural, Artistic and Scientific Life The monumental Buddhas of Bamiyan, statues 10 to 16 storeys high hewn from sandstone cliffs, inspired reverence and awe in central...