Geneva (7 March 2017) – Countries around the world are being urged to act now to promote and protect the right to freedom of religion or belief, by a United Nations expert. The appeal by the Special...

GENEVA (1 February 2017) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today said that the Executive Order signed by US President Donald Trump on 27 January 2017 breaches the country’s...

GENEVA (29 December 2016) – Racial or religious profiling has so far proved to be ineffective in fighting terrorism, say two United Nations human rights experts, who have welcomed the end of a...

GENEVA (28 December 2016) – The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed, has welcomed amendments to the International Religious Freedom Act signed on...

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...

NEW YORK (28 October 2016) – Many people are suffering violations of freedom of religion or belief in ways going unnoticed by the international community, United Nations human rights expert Heiner...

GENEVA (4 October 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, today called on the authorities in Yemen to put an end to the systematic harassment...