GENEVA (28 March 2014) – A group of United Nations independent experts expressed serious concern over the Government’s measures, taken in the context of forthcoming elections, to prevent access to...

GENEVA (26 March 2014) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts on Wednesday called on the Vietnamese Government to intervene urgently in a case of forced eviction of the last...

GENEVA (21 March 2014) – UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović today arrived in Crimea for a two-day visit to lay the groundwork for a UN human rights monitoring mission to...

12 March 2014 Geneva Honourable Chair, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen; I deeply regret that I am not able to appear before you today to inform you personally about the...

GENEVA (10 March 2014) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, will conduct an official visit to Nigeria from 11 to 14 March 2014, at the invitation of the Government of Nigeria. It...

GENEVA/BUJUMBURA (7 March 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday expressed concern at the increasing restrictions on civil and political rights in Burundi, following a...

GINEBRA (6 de marzo de 2014) – Un grupo de expertos independientes* de las Naciones Unidas solicitó al Gobierno de Venezuela el pronto esclarecimiento de las denuncias de detenciones arbitrarias y de...

Visita a la Argentina, 18 al 29 de noviembre de 2013 DECLARACIÓN AL FINALIZAR SU MISIÓN Buenos Aires, 29 de noviembre de 2013 Representantes de los medios de comunicación, señoras y señores, Me...

BUENOS AIRES/GINEBRA, 29 de noviembre de 2013. El Experto Independiente de las Naciones Unidas sobre deuda externa y derechos humanos, Cephas Lumina, instó hoy a la Argentina a realizar una auditoría...