GENEVA (12 February 2016) – United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Government of Nigeria to ensure that the areas they claim to have liberated from Boko Haram forces are truly safe for...

Human Rights Day – Thursday 10 December 2015 GENEVA (9 December 2015) – Speaking ahead of Human Rights Day 2015, the largest body of independent experts of the United Nations Human Rights system...

27 November 2015 I visited Honduras at the invitation of the Government between 23 and 27 November 2015. I held consultations with senior Government representatives, United Nations agencies, national...

TEGUCIGALPA (27 November 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Chaloka Beyani has urged the Government of Honduras to strengthen its efforts to stop an internal displacement epidemic caused by...

GENEVA / TEGUCIGALPA (18 November 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, will conduct his first official visit to Honduras...

Spanish 22 October 2015 On the eve of a precedent-setting negotiation, we express our strong support for the efforts by governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to agree on a regional instrument...

GENEVA (22 October 2015) – In an open statement* published today, a group of United Nations human rights experts have expressed their strong support for the efforts by governments in Latin America and...

GENEVA (16 September 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Chaloka Beyani, today strongly condemned the heinous attack against a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yola, north...

GENEVA (3 August 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, has urged the Government of the Philippines to follow-through with...

31 July 2015 At the invitation of the Government of the Philippines I conducted an official visit between 21 and 31 July 2015. At the outset I would like to sincerely thank the Government of the...