19th session of the Human Rights Council “IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION: ACHIEVEMENTS, BEST PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES” Geneva, 13 March 2012 Madam President, Distinguished Members of the Human...

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 (22 February 2012) – United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák, today encouraged the Government of Latvia to ensure its protection of the rights of the Russian speaking...

GENEVA (1 November 2011) – A group of United Nations independent experts voiced grave concern over reports of heavy security measures, in and around the area of the Tibetan Buddhist Kirti monastery -...

25 October 2011 The United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák, today welcomed the 3rd International Conference on Roma Women held during 23-25 October 2011 in Granada, Spain....

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...

GENEVA (5 August 2011) – Two UN human rights experts* in the field of housing and minority issues called on the United Kingdom Government to find a peaceful and appropriate solution, and adequate...

GENEVA (22 July 2011) – United Nations human rights experts* today expressed alarm over reports of mass killings in the Southern Kordofan region of Sudan. The experts appealed for an immediate...

SOFIA: On conclusion of her official visit to Bulgaria, the United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall, has called upon the Government of Bulgaria “to match its EU and NGO...