Dear Elmira Teymur qızı!

I deeply condole with you upon the terrible tragedy — the fire in the Republican Narcological Center of Baku.

On February 28 the representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation made closing remarks at the 19th session of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Geneva.

I express my extreme concern over the initiative brought forward by the commission of the Saeima and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia to introduce Latvian as the language of instruction in all schools of national minorities. The initiative received support on the part of the members of the Latvian parliament, which created condition for violation of national minorities’ cultural and…

On February 21, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova arrived on a working visit to Geneva.

Dear friends! Today the world celebrates the Day of Social Justice, proclaimed by the United Nations in 2009. Social justice is the base for peaceful and safe community at the national and global level. The Constitution of the Russian Federation proclaims the principles of social justice, eliminating barriers to gender, age, race, ethnicity or religion, culture. In the current context…

On February 19, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova sent a letter to Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons of the Ministry of Justice of the USA Mark S. Inch on the issue of protection of rights of the Russian citizen Konstantin Yaroshenko.

The Charity Commission is to begin an investigation into Oxfam’s handling of a sex scandal in which staff hired prostitutes in Haiti in 2011.

On January 31, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova sent her Alternative Report on the compliance with the UN Convention obligations related to the rights of persons with disabilities for consideration by the UN Committee.

Two United Nations agencies are teaming up in a major new initiative taking on the herculean task of combatting environmental health risks, which claim an estimated 12.6 million lives a year.

The architect behind the 'most humane' maximum security prison in the world has said his luxury lock-up — which features spacious bedrooms, grass lawns and modern kitchens — is designed to lower re-offending rates.