MORNING Hears Statements from Dignitaries from Cameroon, Austria and Azerbaijan GENEVA (28 June 2019) - The Human Rights Council this morning held the second part of its annual discussion on the human...

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet 41st session of the Human Rights Council 28 June 2019 Distinguished President of the Council, Dear Mary, Distinguished panellists...

28 June 2019 Introduction A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) concluded a five-day official visit to Kyrgyzstan. The visit took place...

Geneva, 27 June 2019 Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, representatives of NGOs, NHRIs Ladies and Gentlemen Thank you very much for this opportunity to...

Panel 1: Violence against women in the world of work 41st session of the Human Rights Council Opening statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 27 June 2019 Distinguished...

GENEVA (27 June 2019) — The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from July 1 to 19 to review the situation of women’s rights in the following...

Spanish GENEVA (27 June 2019) - The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention reiterates its call for the unconditional release of Daniel García and Reyes Alpízar, who have been held in pre-trial detention...

MORNING GENEVA (27 June 2019) - The Human Rights Council this morning held the first part of its annual discussion on the human rights of women, with a panel on violence against women in the world of...

GENEVA (27 June 2019) — The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors implementation by States of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), will meet in Geneva from July 1 to...