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Senior UN human rights official visits Ukraine
Saturday, 8 March 2014, 12:17 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (7 March 2014) – UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović arrived in Ukraine late Thursday evening to conduct a preliminary assessment of the human rights situation following developments in the country since November 2013. ... More >>
Côte d’Ivoire: reconciliation and progress
Saturday, 8 March 2014, 12:15 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (7 March 2014) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Cote d’Ivoire, Doudou Diène, today called on the authorities to take all necessary measures to allow human rights defenders organisations to play ... More >>
Guinea-Bissau must address the critical needs of the poorest
Saturday, 1 March 2014, 1:09 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
BISSAU (28 February 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda, today called on the political and military authorities of Guinea-Bissau “to address the critical needs of the poorest and ... More >>
Pillay urges respect for human rights
Saturday, 1 March 2014, 1:06 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (28 February 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday condemned the violence that has occurred over several weeks of unrest in Venezuela and urged the Government to ensure respect for freedom of expression and ... More >>
Nigeria: expert on minority issues urges unity in diversity
Saturday, 1 March 2014, 11:51 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
ABUJA (28 February 2014) – Good and inclusive governance is essential to ensuring minority rights, equality and peaceful coexistence for all of Nigeria’s citizens, the United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák, said* today ... More >>
UN Expert to assess human rights situation in Mali
Saturday, 15 February 2014, 8:51 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA / BAMAKO (14 February 2014) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, Suliman Baldo, will undertake his second information-gathering mission to the country from 17 to 26 February 2014. More >>
OHCHR Briefing Notes
Saturday, 15 February 2014, 8:48 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
We are deeply alarmed at reports of a major military build-up and the increased threat to the population in the town of Yabroud, an opposition-held area in the Qalamoun mountains of Syria. According to reports we have received from within Syria, there ... More >>
OHCHR Briefing Notes
Saturday, 1 February 2014, 12:05 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
We are extremely concerned about the increasingly severe clampdown and physical attacks on media in Egypt, which is hampering their ability to operate freely. More >>
“We must not fail on protection for South Sudan’s IDPs”
Saturday, 1 February 2014, 12:02 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
“We must not fail on protection for South Sudan’s IDPs” – UN expert warns amid ongoing crisis More >>
UN to hold consultations with Belarusian civil society
Saturday, 1 February 2014, 11:21 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (31 January 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Miklos Haraszti will visit Vilnius, Lithuania, from 2-5 February 2014 to hold consultations with representatives of Belarusian civil society on the human rights situation in the country. More >>
Day of Commemoration in Memory of Holocaust Victims
Saturday, 25 January 2014, 4:28 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay “Today, we honour the memory of the millions of people - men, women and children - brutally murdered seven decades ago for the simple fact of being Jewish, Roma, Slav or homosexual, ... More >>
UN expert launches first official visit to Seychelles
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 9:55 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (23 January 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Ms. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, will conduct an official visit to the Seychelles from 27 to 31 January 2014. More >>
UN expert on Myanmar calls on Government to clarify reports
Saturday, 18 January 2014, 3:41 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN expert on Myanmar calls on Government to clarify reports of clashes in northern Rakhine State More >>
Impeding aid to besieged civilians may amount to war crime
Saturday, 18 January 2014, 3:39 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Impeding aid to besieged civilians in Yarmouk camp in Syria may amount to war crime – Pillay GENEVA (17 January 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday strongly condemned the repeated obstruction of convoys trying to ... More >>
Cambodia: “Political reconciliation the only way forward”
Saturday, 18 January 2014, 3:38 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
PHNOM PENH / GENEVA (17 January 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, urged the main political parties in the country to “overcome the mistrust and immediately return to the ... More >>
South Sudan: “What I saw was a horror,”
Saturday, 18 January 2014, 3:36 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
JUBA/GENEVA/NEW YORK (17 January 2014) – Fighting in South Sudan has turned into a horrifying humanitarian and human rights disaster with mass atrocities committed by both sides, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović said ... More >>
UN OHCHR Briefing Notes - Uganda / Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Saturday, 28 December 2013, 8:53 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Subject: Uganda / Anti-Homosexuality Bill More >>
South Sudan faces large displacement and protection crisis
Saturday, 21 December 2013, 12:30 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (20 December 2013) – “South Sudan will face a large displacement and protection crisis, if the situation is not managed with restraint or if political dialogue does not take place,” the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally ... More >>
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Briefing Notes
Saturday, 21 December 2013, 12:21 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has warned that the situation in the Central African Republic remains highly volatile, with ongoing violence, intimidation and a governance vacuum. The reported involvement of armed elements from neighbouring ... More >>
Brazil / Water and sanitation:
Saturday, 21 December 2013, 12:19 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Brazil / Water and sanitation: “In a land with great potential and deep contrast, nobody must be left behind” – UN expert More >>
