Since March 2014, the EU has progressively imposed restrictive measures against Russia. The measures were adopted in response to...

On 2 March 2020, the Bureau held an urgent meeting to discuss the global COVID-19 situation and its implications for the 43 rd session...

IFAD Buthaina Ahmed Ibrahim, 28, is harvesting sesame. She will use the seeds to make and sell sweets. She is one of 30,000 rural women...

MOU was signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Niger & Secretary-General IHRC. Both sides will cooperate & find...

Sex workers are highly vulnerable to gender-based violence, HIV, discrimination and other harms. © Tomislav Georgiev/UNFPA MK SKOPJE,...

Tim Travis Long only, Deep Value, registered investment advisor, portfolio strategy T&T Capital Management Summary VIAC EV/adjusted OIBDA...

Memo to World Leaders: Half of your country’s people are subjugated, less visible, and undervalued. This year begins the final decade to...

PRESS NOTE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: I, Secretary-General , in exercise of the...

Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. We uphold the principles of...

BINUH UNITED NATIONS INTEGRATED OFFICE IN HAITI Port-Au-Prince, 18 February 2020.- A UN report on gang violence in Port-au-Prince has...

GENEVA – Geneva Council for Rights and Liberties condemns the Saudi court’s decision to imprison a child for his participation in...

Applications are now open for the 56th session of the International Law Seminar by the UNOG. Postgraduate students in International Law,...

Now it is for the government to quickly take bold even if painful decisions to save the country from collapsing. It’s accountability to...

D’EMPLOI : Assistant.e programmes et administration 80% à 100% – CDD de 3 mois renouvelable (remplacement congé maladie longue durée)...

Your Excellency Mr. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Your Excellency Mr. Moussa Faki , Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, All protocol observed,...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation...

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTSWednesday’s arrest of Islam Alloush, former spokesperson for Jaysh al-Islam (“Army of Islam”),...

GENEVA (5 February 2020) – The UN Child Rights Committee is due to hold an extraordinary session in Samoa from 2 to 6 March to focus on...

For Stephanie Sewell, being a human rights defender is synonymous with her mission to combat colourism: discrimination based on skin tone...

Violence against women remains a global pandemic. Worldwide, more than one out of three women have experienced physical and/or sexual...