Human Rights

Special Rapporteur on Belarus Miklós Haraszti.
OSCE/Susanna Lööf

UN expert urges Belarus to guarantee the right to elect and to be elected

31 October 2013
Europe

Belarus is the only country in Europe with no opposition in parliament, a United Nations independent expert has said urging the Government to strengthen the right to elect and to be elected.

Separated families meet up again during a family visit in Western Sahara.
UNHCR/S.Hopper

Agreement reached to expand visits for separated Sahrawi families – UN

3 July 2013
Africa

A meeting between the United Nations refugee agency, Morocco, Frente Polisario, Algeria, and Mauritania ended today in Geneva with agreement to expand a programme of family visits between Sahrawi refugees living in camps near Tindouf, Algeria, and their families in the territory of Western Sahara.