Tamil | Sinhalese GENEVA/COLOMBO (12 April, 2019) — The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture has completed its first visit to Sri Lanka from 2 to 12 April where it examined the...

Georgian GENEVA / TBILISI (12 April 2019) – The Government of Georgia and businesses in the country must take urgent, robust action to address critical business and human rights challenges, say a...

French GENEVA / PARIS (12 April 2019) - France, known as a birthplace of human rights, must improve its approach to housing and end a host of contradictions in the implementation of the right to...

Greek GENEVA / ATHENS (12 April 2019) – Greece has a unique opportunity to simultaneously strengthen its economy and drive progress on women’s human rights by prioritising gender equality in its...

French Ottawa, 12 April 2019 Members of the press, Ladies and gentlemen, In my capacity as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, I conclude today my first...

GENEVA (12 April 2019) – UN experts on children’s rights will on Sunday 14 April celebrate the five-year anniversary of a legal instrument allowing children who face human rights violations to...

French GENEVA / OTTAWA (12 April 2019) – Canada must make urgent systemic change to ensure people with disabilities can enjoy all their human rights, says a UN rights expert at the end of a fact...

ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Albania, Guatemala, Tajikistan and Libya GENEVA (12 April 2019) - The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All...

"Addressing the Risk of Reprisals in Development Finance" Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 12 April 2019 Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, Thank you very much for the...

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 12 April 2019 I am very pleased to be here today at the launch of the World Bank’s Human Rights and Development Trust Fund. I...