GENEVA (10 August 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedoms of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, today called upon the Mauritanian Parliament to reject the draft law on associations approved by the Council
Bangladesh: UN Experts Condemn Killing of Blogger Niloy Neel, a Strong Critic of Extremism
GENEVA (7 August 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on freedom of expression, David Kaye, and on extrajudicial executions, Christof Heyns, have condemned today’s killing in Bangladesh of the blogger Niloy Neel, a supporter of free expression and opponent
Statement by Ivan Simonovic, Asst. Sec. Gen. for Human Rights, at the Conference on Journalists’ Safety, Media Freedom, and Pluralism in Times of Conflict
Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to be back at the Hofburg, and I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Ms. Dunja Mijatovic for the invitation and for hosting this important and highly timely conference. Around
Joint Statement by UN Special Procedures on the Occasion of World Environment Day
Climate Change and Human Rights This year, World Environment Day occurs during a meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP), which is meeting in Bonn, Germany, to negotiate a climate agreement to