Families of political prisoners have no information on their whereabouts North Korean escapees arrested in China should not be repatriated Public executions are still witnessed GENEVA/SEOUL (21 June...

GENEVA (21 June 2019) ‑ The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea has expressed serious concern over the curtailment of Catholic Church activities in the country and the...

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the end of her visit to Venezuela Caracas, 21 June 2019 Good evening, and thank you for coming. This has been a short, but...

Summary The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, prepared pursuant to Council...

Summary Since its independence, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic has achieved impressive economic growth, despite the legacy of imperialism and the widespread unexploded ordnance in its territory...

GENEVA / OTTAWA (19 June 2019) — In the current context of emerging challenges to multilateralism, including on human rights, “Canada is a leader in promoting the international human rights agenda and...

GENEVA (20 June 2019) - Recent statements by senior Israeli political leaders and US diplomats in support of the annexation of parts or all of the occupied West Bank by Israel fly in the face of the...