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Tuvalu: UN Expert On Right To Safe Drinking Water
Friday, 13 July 2012, 4:24 pm | OHCHR
UN Expert On Right To Safe Drinking Water And Sanitation Launches First Mission To Tuvalu More >>
Kazakhstan: Opening Remarks By UN High Commissioner
Friday, 13 July 2012, 2:41 pm | OHCHR
Opening Remarks By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Navi Pillay At A Press Conference During Her Mission To Kazakhstan More >>
UN: “Very Dark Future For The Local Populations In N. Mali"
Wednesday, 11 July 2012, 11:51 am | OHCHR
“A Very Dark Future For The Local Populations In Northern Mali,” Warn UN Experts GENEVA (10 July 2012) – Two United Nations Special Rapporteurs strongly condemned grave violations of cultural rights and the right to freedom of religion and belief ... More >>
UN Experts Urge Philippines To Protect Rights Defenders
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 12:26 pm | OHCHR
UN Experts Urge Philippines To Protect Rights Defenders From A Growing Wave Of Attacks And Killings More >>
Enforced Disappearances: UN Experts To Study Over 200 Cases
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 12:24 pm | OHCHR
GENEVA (9 July 2012) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* started reviewing more than 200 cases of enforced disappearances. These include a number of cases under its urgent action procedure and information ... More >>
Generic Drugs: UN Expert On Health Hails European Parliament
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 12:14 pm | OHCHR
Generic Drugs: UN Expert On Health Hails European Parliament’s Rejection Of Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement More >>
UN Expert On Myanmar Welcomes New Amnesty
Monday, 9 July 2012, 1:58 pm | OHCHR
UN Expert On Myanmar Welcomes New Amnesty And Calls For The Release Of All Prisoners Of Conscience GENEVA (5 July 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, welcomed the presidential ... More >>
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 3:35 pm | OHCHR
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Date: 3 July 2012 Subject: Syria More >>
Turkey-EU migration cooperation must prioritise human rights
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 1:17 pm | OHCHR
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau on Monday called on Turkey and the European Union to prioritise the human rights of migrants in the context of their migration management cooperation. More >>
Israeli Demolitions: "Palestinians Affected Increased 87%"
Monday, 2 July 2012, 10:05 am | OHCHR
GENEVA (27 June 2012) – United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, warned Wednesday that the number of people affected by the demolition of Palestinian buildings has increased ... More >>
"Torture is illegal, under any circumstances" - UN
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 4:21 pm | OHCHR
Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, and the 25th anniversary of the Convention Against Torture More >>
UN Expert: Justice For All Victims Of Human Trafficking
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 2:36 pm | OHCHR
UN Expert Calls For Justice For All Victims Of Human Trafficking … Even The ‘Imperfect’ Ones More >>
UN Report Issued On Inter-Communal Violence - S. Sudan
Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 2:18 pm | OHCHR
JUBA (25 June 2012) – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) today released a report on the findings of its in-depth investigation into the inter-communal violence in Jonglei State, that claimed the lives of hundreds in 2011 and early 2012. More >>
Victims of torture must be free to seek redress through UN
Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 1:18 pm | OHCHR
An arbitrarily detained man reaches out to United Nations human rights bodies for justice. While the UN body rules in his favour, the man faces grave reprisals for speaking out in defence of his rights. He is denied medical treatment, placed under ... More >>
Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 12:43 pm | OHCHR
Statement of Ms. Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the UN Security Council debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict More >>
Journalists should not suffer for telling inconvenient truth
Monday, 25 June 2012, 1:50 pm | OHCHR
Two United Nations Special Rapporteurs joined forces today to urge world governments, the international community, and journalists and media organisations to act decisively on the protection of the right to life of journalists and media freedom. More >>
Kyung-wha Kang, UN: Speech on human rights in Malawi
Monday, 25 June 2012, 1:43 pm | OHCHR
Malawi has gone through some particularly tough challenges in recent years, but with the peaceful change of Government, there have been many positive signals indicating the promise of better days to come. In my meetings with Malawian leaders and people, ... More >>
Minimum standards in a shrinking space for peaceful assembly
Monday, 25 June 2012, 1:41 pm | OHCHR
United Nations Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai called on all governments and the international community to further promote and protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, “violated or at risk in a number of countries.” More >>
UN appalled at deliberate targeting of children in Syria
Friday, 1 June 2012, 1:14 pm | OHCHR
The Committee on the Rights of the Child on Thursday strongly deplored the massacre that took place in the El Houleh area of Homs in Syria on 25 and 26 May in which at least 108 people, including 49 children, were killed. More >>
Canada: “UN experts concerned over recent events in Quebec”
Thursday, 31 May 2012, 11:44 am | OHCHR
Two United Nations independent experts on the freedoms of peaceful assembly and association, and of opinion and expression today voiced concern over demonstrations in Quebec on 24 May, reportedly involving serious acts of violence and detention of up to 700 ... More >>
