Comunicados de Prensa

Twenty years after the beginning of the genocide in Rwanda, the horror has not diminished. As a former judge for over eight years on the…

GENEVA – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts on Wednesday called on the Vietnamese Government to intervene urgently in a case of…

GENEVA –The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families (CMW) is meeting from 31 March to 11 April…

Location: Geneva Subject: 1) Egypt death sentences 2) Turkey (in response to a question) 1) Egypt death sentences We are deeply alarmed by the imposition…

GENEVA (21 March 2014) – UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonovi? today arrived in Crimea for a two-day visit to lay the groundwork…

STRASBOURG (21 March 2014) – Two key international expert mechanisms for the fight against racism, intolerance and xenophobia have combined forces to strengthen this fight…

GENEVA (19 March 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on slavery, Gulnara Shahinian, will undertake a follow-up mission to Kazakhstan from 25 to 27…

GENEVA (19 March 2014) – The United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák, urged greater international and national attention to the plight of…

GENEVA (17 March 2014) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, will visit the war-torn Central African Republic from 18 to 20…