The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has been in mission to Algeria at the invitation of the Government. It is the first visit to the country by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

During the mission, the UN human rights chief is due to meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Justice, the President of the Council of Nation, the heads of Parliament, the Supreme Court, the Council of State, as well as the President of the National Consultative Commission for the Promotion of Human Rights. 

At the end of her visit, today 19 September at 15.00 hours, the High Commissioner will hold a press conference at the Residence Djenane El Mithak.

For more information and media requests, please contact:

Algiers: 
Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 
(+41 79 506 1088 / rcolville@ohchr.org) or Dalila Bouras: (+213 661 51 33 26 / dalila.bouras@unic.org). 

Geneva: 
Ravina Shamdasani: +41 22 917 9310 / rshamdasani@ohchr.org