GENEVA (10 July 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, welcomed yesterday’s release of two bloggers who contributed to the independent Ethiopian collective ‘Zone 9’ and four other journalists, but noted that
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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