VIENNA / GENEVA (30 January 2015) – The UN Independent Expert on the human rights of older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, today commended the Austrian Government for its commitment and efforts to...

Ginebra (28 de enero de 2015) - La decisión de El Salvador de indultar a una mujer condenada por homicidio agravado después de sufrir un aborto involuntario debe marcar un punto de inflexión para que...

GENEVA (27 January 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday said he was deeply disturbed by the death of at least 20 people during clashes between security forces...

GINEBRA (27 de enero de 2015) – El experto independiente de Naciones Unidas Alfred de Zayas instó hoy a los mandatarios de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) a concordar...

Seventy years ago on this forever solemn day, Auschwitz-Birkenau – the largest killing centre of the Nazi concentration camps – was finally liberated. We continue to be haunted by the fate of the...

GENEVA (21 January 2015) - "The sexist, insulting language used against the UN's independent human rights expert on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, by an influential monk during Ms. Lee's official visit to the...

GENEVA (19 January 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Rosa Kornfeld-Matte will carry out her first official visit to Austria from 22 to 30 January 2015 to assess the human rights situation of...

GINEBRA (7 enero 2015) - Declaración del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, sobre las muertes causadas por hombres armados en la oficina del...