| OHCHR

FILTERS APPLIED:

Showing 71 - 80 of 115 results

An Open Letter from the Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council in advance of the Geneva II Conference on the conflict in Syria and the need to ensure human rights, humanitarian protection and accountability

Content Category

Language English

Published Date

21 Jan 2014

21 January 2014 The Coordination Committee of Special Procedures welcomes the Geneva II Conference and its aims to launch a process resulting in a comprehensive and durable political solution to the...

Statement by Chaloka Beyani
Chairperson of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures to the Twentieth Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic

Content Category

Statements

Language English

Published Date

20 Jan 2014

Geneva, 20 January 2014 Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delivering this statement on behalf of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures of the Human Rights...

A call to “Orange the World” to end violence against women

Content Category

Stories

Language English

Published Date

18 Dec 2013

Physical violence inflicted by intimate partners is the most common form of violence experienced by women. The UN Human Rights Office supports the UNiTE Campaign to create a symbolic vision of a world free from violence against women.

Statement of the United Nations Special Procedures Mandate Holders on the occasion of the Human Rights Day

Geneva, 10 December 2013

Content Category

Statements

Language English

Published Date

10 Dec 2013

On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the UN special procedures call on all stakeholders, in particular States, to cooperate with them fully. The first special procedures mechanism was established in...

Open Letter of Special Procedures mandate holders on the High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development

Content Category

Statements

Language English

Published Date

02 Oct 2013

An Open Letter from the United Nations Special Procedures Mandate Holders on the High-level Dialogue on migration and development The Special Procedures Mandate Holders call on all stakeholders, in...

Migrants, much more than simply agents for economic development – Key UN expert group

Content Category

Press releases

Language English

Published Date

02 Oct 2013

GENEVA (2 October 2013) – “Migrants are human beings with human rights, not simply agents for economic development,” the largest body of independent experts in the United Nations Human Rights system...

Achieving equality for women in Tunisia

Content Category

Stories

Language English

Published Date

23 Aug 2013

Women and men in Tunisia’s far-flung regions react positively to a campaign promoting the equal rights of women.

A woman’s mission to eliminate the tradition of FGM in her Kenyan community

Content Category

Stories

Language English

Published Date

21 Aug 2013

Female Genital Mutilation is a traditional ritual afflicting millions of girls worldwide. Nice Nailantei Lengete is working towards eliminating the harmful practice of FGM/C in her Masaai community in Kenya.

Press release of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures on the situation in Egypt

Content Category

Statements

Language English

Published Date

16 Aug 2013

GENEVA (16 August 2013) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today called for restraint and an immediate end to violent confrontations that have seen hundreds killed and thousands injured...

Press release of Chaloka Beyani, Chairperson of the Coordination Committee, on the break-in of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression's office

Content Category

Statements

Language English

Published Date

02 Aug 2013

GENEVA (2 August 2013) – The current Chair of the largest body* of independent experts in the United Nations Human Rights system, Chaloka Beyani, today expressed alarm that the Guatemala private...