Comunicados

Simonovic, who arrived in Kyiv late Wednesday, will meet Government officials, civil society organisations and the Ombudsperson among others. On Saturday, he is due to…

GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, will conduct a visit to Azerbaijan from 18 to…

GENEVA - The UN Committee Against Torture is due to review Lithuania for the third time on 12 and 13 May in sessions that will…

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO – El Relator Especial de Naciones Unidas sobre la tortura y otros tratos crueles, inhumanos o degradantes, Juan E. Méndez, urgió hoy…

MUMBAI/GENEVA – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Wednesday launched the first ever Bollywood-style UN music video at a…

GENEVA –The UN Committee Against Torture is meeting in Geneva from 28 April to 23 May to review the following countries: Uruguay (29-30 April); Thailand…

GENEVA – The protection of South Sudan’s one million internally displaced persons is further eroding amid persistent violence and deliberate ethnically targeted attacks, United Nations…

GENEVA - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday expressed grave concern at a bill presented to the Nepalese Parliament which could…

GENEVA - Lithuania violated the political rights of ex-president Rolandas Paksas when it introduced a rule to ban anyone who had been impeached from running…