In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local ophthalmologists are learning to provide specialized care to Ebola survivors. 10 April...

قام عضو المجلس التنفيذي الإستشاري في اللجنة الدولية لحقوق الإنسان  أديب أسعد بزيارة زيارة السفير السعودي في لبنان الدكتور وليد البخاري في...

By Sebastien Malo UNITED NATIONS, April 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A new, ambitious environmental treaty is expected to be ready...

In its conclusions, the Council welcomes the progress made in the implementation of the EU Forest Strategy, which has contributed to the...

a trade agreement limited to the elimination of tariffs for industrial goods only, excluding agricultural products; an agreement on...

The 2019 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up (FfD Forum) will be held on 15-18 April 2019 at UN Headquarters in New York....

بتفويض من السفير الدكتور هيثم ابو سعيد مفوض اللجنة الدولية للحقوق الانسان في الشرق الاوسطK أعلن العضو التنفيذي في اللجنة الدولية السيد...

School Places Politics Above Right to Education Lewis Mudge Director, Central AfricaLewisMudge The release of six schoolgirls and one...

One day ahead of the implementation of Donald Trump and Mike Pence’s ban on transgender people serving in the military, HRC recommitted...

GENEVA / ATHENS (13 April 2019) – Greece has a unique opportunity to simultaneously strengthen its economy and drive progress on women’s...

Bachelet @mbachelet at launch of new @WorldBank @Spring meeting Human Rights and Development Trust Fund. #Humanrights, our common cause...

The power of the Universal Declaration is the power of ideas to change the world. It inspires us to continue working to ensure all people...

Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide...

The Middle East Commissioner for the International Human Rights Commission, Ambassador Haitham Abu Said, called on the new authorities...

United Nations, New York 8 – 12 April 2019 The Committee of Experts on Public Administration will hold its eighteenth session at the...

Filippo Grandi stressed that it is possible to address unprecedented stigmatization of refugees and migrants. UN Refugee Chief Filippo...

On September 1, 2018 Michelle Bachelet assumed her functions as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.  The Office of the...

Santiago de Chile, 11 April 2019 (Press release issued on behalf of the incoming Presidency of COP25) – Chile will be the host of the...

Participation in public life by rights holders and organizations that represent them is a fundamental principle of human rights....