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Calls for accountability of public and private sectors
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 7:29 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (16 June 2015) – The United Nations Working Group on business and human rights today urged the UN system and all its member states to make globalization inclusive and aligned with human rights, and called for full accountability of public ... More >>
Sealing international borders only empowers smugglers
Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 9:40 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (16 June 2015) – The ability of migrants to reach European soil despite a huge investment in securing international borders shows that sealing them is impossible, and only serves to empower people traffickers in the Mediterranean, the United Nations ... More >>
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 7:43 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein at the 29th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, 15 June 2015 More >>
Worsening situation for political prisoners in Belarus
Sunday, 14 June 2015, 11:29 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN rights expert warns of worsening situation for political prisoners in Belarus ahead of elections More >>
Pakistan: Mass executions of juvenile offenders
Sunday, 14 June 2015, 11:28 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (11 June 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein today expressed deep regret that Pakistan has executed more than 150 individuals, including juvenile offenders, since it cancelled its moratorium on the death penalty ... More >>
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Sunday, 14 June 2015, 11:27 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein ahead of the first-ever International Albinism Awareness Day, 13 June 2015 More >>
Follow-up mission after adoption of the Republican Pact
Saturday, 13 June 2015, 4:14 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
CAR: UN human rights expert launches follow-up mission after adoption of the Republican Pact More >>
G7 leaders’ commitment to human rights in supply chains
Saturday, 13 June 2015, 3:50 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
G7 leaders’ commitment to human rights in supply chains must be followed by action – UN expert group More >>
Increased militia violence “could tip Burundi over the edge”
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 10:58 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (9 June 2015) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed alarm at the increasingly violent and threatening actions by a pro-government militia in Burundi, saying “they could tip an already extremely ... More >>
Our generation must meet the great challenge
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 11:47 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (5 June 2015) – A group of 27 United Nations independent experts* today urged governments worldwide to make sure human rights are at the core of climate change governance, including by signing the Geneva Pledge for Human Rights in Climate ... More >>
Silencing journalist and activists weakens human rights
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 11:33 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (5 June 2015) – The detention of journalists and human rights defenders weakens the protection of human rights of all in Iran, United Nations Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed has said today, expressing serious concerns at the arbitrary and unlawful ... More >>
UN urge Philippines to tackle “chronic” prison overcrowding
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 11:02 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (3 June 2015) – The UN’s torture prevention body has urged the Philippines to deal urgently with prison overcrowding and improve independent monitoring of places of detention as part of efforts to protect people deprived of their liberty against ... More >>
Azerbaijani activists must be freed before Baku 2015 Games
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 4:22 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (2 June 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, today criticised the “relentless prosecution and repression of prominent rights activists in Azerbaijan” and called for their ... More >>
Syria: UN rights expert calls for urgent response to IDP
Saturday, 30 May 2015, 11:45 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Syria: UN rights expert calls for urgent and coordinated response to world’s largest IDP crisis More >>
OHCHR PRESS BRIEFING NOTE - USA / Death penalty
Saturday, 30 May 2015, 11:00 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Subject: USA / Death penalty More >>
UN rights expert urges Nauru to withdraw norms...
Friday, 29 May 2015, 9:29 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (22 May 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, today called on the Government of Nauru to withdraw recent amendments to the Criminal Code which unduly restrict freedom of expression. Mr. ... More >>
Guatemala detention: Improve monitoring
Saturday, 23 May 2015, 12:36 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (21 May 2015) – The UN’s torture prevention body has urged Guatemala to improve the independent monitoring of detention conditions in the country as part of efforts to protect people deprived of their liberty against torture and cruel, ... More >>
Canada’s deportation of Jamaican man with mental disability
Saturday, 23 May 2015, 12:33 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (21 May 2015) - Canada’s deportation of a Jamaican man with a mental disability who had spent much of his life in Canada amounted to cruel and inhuman treatment, effectively leaving him without the medical and family support he depended on, a ... More >>
South Sudan: Escalation of fighting
Saturday, 23 May 2015, 10:45 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (22 May 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday warned that the escalation of fighting in recent weeks between Government and opposition forces in South Sudan has resulted in alarming gross violations of ... More >>
Cambodian civil society excluded from NGO bill drafting
Saturday, 23 May 2015, 10:44 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (22 May 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Maina Kiai today reiterated his call to the Government of Cambodia to ensure that civil society can meaningfully contribute to the elaboration of the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental ... More >>
