GABORONE (27 November 2014) – At the end of a 13-day official visit to Botswana, the UN Special Rapporteur on cultural rights Farida Shaheed called on the country to embark on a “second phase of...

Gaborone, 26 November 2014 I am pleased to share my preliminary observations at the end of the 13-day official visit I carried out in my capacity of UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural...

GINEBRA / ASUNCIÓN (19 de noviembre de 2014) – La Relatora Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, realizará una visita oficial a Paraguay...

Washington, D.C. (19 de noviembre de 2014) — La Comisión Inter-Americana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), representada por su Presidenta Tracy Robinson y su Secretario Ejecutivo Emilio Álvarez Icaza...

Delivered in New York, 18 November 2014 (In Arabic) Mr. President, I am delighted to return to the Security Council in my new role and I thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on the...

1. Todos los Estados partes en el Protocolo Facultativo de la Convención contra la Tortura y Otros Tratos o Penas Crueles, Inhumanos o Degradantes están obligados a velar por que el Subcomité para la...

GENEVA (14 November 2014) – The UN commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic has documented shocking accounts of the armed group’s use of terror to subjugate Syrians living in its areas of...

GENEVA / GABORONE (12 November 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Farida Shaheed will visit Botswana from 14 to 26 November 2014 to assess the country’s efforts to enhance the right of all...