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OHCHR Press Briefing Note - (1) Yemen, (2) Mali
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 4:26 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Subjects: (1) Yemen (2) Mali More >>
Blackwater Sentencing
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 5:23 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
“Justice is served in this case but must be assured globally,” the United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries has said today, reiterating its call for global regulation of private military and security companies (PMSCs). “The outsourcing ... More >>
Senior UN Human Rights official to visit Afghanistan
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 5:16 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, will visit Afghanistan from 15 to 21 April to assess the human rights situation, and particularly the human rights impact of the handover of security responsibilities ... More >>
UN Committee against torture to review New Zealand
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 11:56 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN Committee against torture to review New Zealand, Congo, Romania, Luxembourg, Spain, Serbia, Colombia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia More >>
Nigeria: One year on, call to bring back abducted children
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 11:37 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Nigeria: One year on, UN and African experts call for decisive steps to bring back abducted children More >>
International Roma Day – 8 April 2015
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 9:56 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN expert urges political action to fight ‘anti-Gypsyism’ as a root cause of Roma marginalisation More >>
Malaysia: Draft anti-terror and sedition laws
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 9:22 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Malaysia: Draft anti-terror and sedition laws seriously undermine freedom of expression and opinion – Zeid More >>
People living in toxic environments in Kazakhstan
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 2:04 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN expert calls for stronger measures to protect people living in toxic environments in Kazakhstan More >>
UN to review Kyrgyzstan, Peru, Uganda
Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 7:49 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (7 April 2015 ) –The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families (CMW) is meeting from 13 to 24 April to review: Kyrgyzstan (13-14 April), Peru (14-15 April), Uganda (15-16 April) The above are among the 47 ... More >>
Thai leader’s intimidating statements: freedom of the press
Friday, 3 April 2015, 10:47 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (1 April 2015) – United Nations expert on freedom of expression David Kaye today urged the Government of Thailand to unequivocally distance itself from the Thai’s leader intimidating statements against freedom of the press, and take immediate ... More >>
Discrimination against women: UN visit Senegal
Friday, 3 April 2015, 10:40 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (1 April 2015) – The United Nations Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice will undertake its first official visit to Senegal from 7 to 17 April to assess the progress made towards achieving gender equality and the ... More >>
Thai adoption of potentially unlimited and draconian powers
Friday, 3 April 2015, 9:59 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN Human Rights Chief alarmed by Thai Government’s adoption of potentially unlimited and “draconian” powers More >>
UN deplore Indonesia's response to calls to cease executions
Friday, 3 April 2015, 9:54 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN Human Rights Committee deplores Indonesia’s response to its call to stop executions for drug-related crimes More >>
Zeid warns of total collapse in Yemen
Friday, 3 April 2015, 12:11 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (31 March 2015) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed alarm about the fast deteriorating human rights situation in Yemen since 22 January when the legitimate Government under President Abd Rabbo Mansour ... More >>
“We have lost a great human rights advocate,” UN expert
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 2:20 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Ambassador ‘Bari Bari’ – “We have lost a great human rights advocate,” UN expert on Somalia says More >>
Discrimination against autistic persons
Wednesday, 1 April 2015, 3:28 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (30 March 2015) – Two United Nations human rights experts today called for an end to discrimination against autistic persons and a celebration of diversity. Speaking ahead of World Autism Awareness Day, the Special Rapporteurs on the rights ... More >>
Libyan human rights defenders under attack – UN report
Friday, 27 March 2015, 2:38 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (25 March 2015) – A UN human rights report released on Wednesday reveals a catalogue of violent attacks and threats against Libyan rights defenders, across Libya – and in some cases even after they are forced to leave the country. More >>
Toxic waste: Human Rights Expert to Visiit Kazakhstan
Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 3:13 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA / ASTANA (23 March 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Baskut Tuncak will visit Kazakhstan from 26 March to 8 April 2015 to assess the country’s human rights record regarding the management of hazardous substances and wastes. More >>
New framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
Saturday, 21 March 2015, 11:10 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (20 March 2015) – “Disaster and the effects of climate change mainly affect individuals and communities: any strategy must include everyone,” a group of United Nations human rights experts* said today, hailing the adoption of the Sendai framework ... More >>
Call to protect human rights of all in disaster response
Saturday, 21 March 2015, 11:02 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Vanuatu: After devastation, UN experts call to protect human rights of all in disaster response More >>
