GENEVA (7 July 2017) – United Nations Independent Expert Virginia Dandan will carry out her first official visit to Cuba from 10 to 14 July 2017, travelling to Havana to gather first-hand information...

GENEVA (8 June 2017) – International solidarity is increasingly critical in a world riven by political divisions and grappling with global challenges, a UN human rights expert has said. Virginia...

Human Rights Day – Saturday 10 December 2016 GENEVA (9 December 2014) – Speaking ahead of Human Rights Day on Saturday 10 December, the largest body of independent experts of the United Nations Human...

The right to development requires States’ action 2 December 2016 The following joint statement has been made by a group of United Nations human rights experts* to mark the 30th anniversary of the...

GENEVA (2 December 2016) – Governments must move from rhetoric to action and urgently honour their political and financial commitments to development, a group of United Nations human rights experts...

GENEVA (26 September 2016) – “Norwegians have developed a strong sense of solidarity at the national level,” said the United Nations Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity...

23 September 2016 During my five days official mission to Norway from 19 to 23 September 2016, I met with various departments in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of Norway’s development...

GENEVA (16 September 2016) – The United Nations Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, Virginia Dandan, will undertake her first official visit to Norway from 19 to 23...