GENEVA (4 March 2022) – As the international community mobilises to respond to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, it is essential to ensure the protection of women and ensure their full...

GENEVA (2 March 2012) – Three United Nations human rights experts in minority rights, freedom of religion and belief, and extrajudicial executions today urged the Government of Pakistan to respond...

GENEVA – This year the United Nations Human Rights Council has created new monitoring and reporting mechanisms on the situation of human rights in Iran, the freedom of peaceful assembly and of...

1 October 2007 The United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Gay J. McDougall, issued the following press release on 28 September in Paris: “During her official mission to France, the...

4 July 2006 The following statement was issued today by the United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall: The United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall...