GENEVA (Issued as received) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will conduct its first visit to Italy from 16 to 22 September 2015 to assess the treatment and conditions of detention of migrants, as well as the safeguards for their protection against torture and ill-…

High-level Dignitaries from Sri Lanka, Mexico and the United Kingdom Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirtieth regular session, hearing an address by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein in which he updated the Council on the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive clustered dialogue with Seong-Phil Hong, Chairperson of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and Urmila Bhoola, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery. Mr. Hong, presenting the Working Group’s reports, underlined the…

GENEVA (11 September 2015) - The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child expresses its deep concern at the current migration crisis in Europe, and underscores that the continued shocking images that ricochet around the world do not tell the full extent of the devastating, and at times…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the United Nations Conference…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Montenegro on how that country implements the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Presenting the report, Zoran Pažin, Minister of…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its twenty-third session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the situation in Cabo Verde (in the absence of a report and a delegation), Guinea, Seychelles…

The following statement was adopted today by the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families on the need for placing the human rights of migrants at the forefront of responses by the international community to the global migration crisis: “As the…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirtieth regular session from 14 September to 2 October in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein will open…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Refugee…