International Day to End Impunity, Saturday 23 November GENEVA (22 November 2013) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts* today called on the UN to adopt a more central role in...

MONTEVIDEO / GENEVA (10 October 2013) – The United Nations Independent Expert on transitional justice, Pablo de Greiff, called upon Uruguay to resolve the pending chapter of the serious human rights...

GENEVA (25 September 2013) – United Nations transitional justice expert Pablo de Greiff will visit Uruguay from 30 September to 4 October 2013 to assess the measures adopted by the authorities in...

GENEVA (13 September 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur on transitional justice Pablo de Greiff today cautioned that truth commissions -a usual response in transitional situations- increasingly...

Call comes for UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture helps up to 70,000 people a year GENEVA (25 JUNE 2013) - Governments must do...

GENEVA (15 May 2013) - A group of United Nations experts said today that the establishment of truth and justice in Guatemala, as well as being fundamental elements for reparation for the victims, are...

GENEVA (8 May 2013) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged world Governments to ratify a key international instrument that allows individuals and groups who have been denied...

GENEVA (29 March 2013) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today called on all parties in Bangladesh “to cease violence immediately and return to peaceful demonstrations,”...

GENEVA (14 December 2012) – This past year the United Nations Human Rights Council has created new monitoring and reporting mechanisms on the situation of human rights in Syria, Eritrea and Belarus...