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8 April 2013
“UNITY IN DIVERSITY” – INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY, 8 APRIL 2013
5 April 2013
NAVI PILLAY SAYS GUANTANAMO DETENTION REGIME IS IN “CLEAR BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW” AND SHOULD BE CLOSED
5 April 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT LAUNCHES OFFICIAL VISIT TO BURKINA FASO
5 April 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 April 2013
MOZAMBIQUE: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY TO ASSESS CHALLENGES IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION
4 April 2013
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES HOLDS FOURTH SESSION FROM 8 TO 19 APRIL 2013
4 April 2013
UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT HAILS ARMS TRADE TREATY AND URGES STATES TO DO MORE
3 April 2013
HUNGARY IS ENTRENCHING THE CRIMINALIZATION OF HOMELESSNESS SAY UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS ON POVERTY AND HOUSING
2 April 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 April 2013
BRAZIL: UN EXPERT GROUP CONCERNED ABOUT EXCESSIVE USE OF DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY AND LACK OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE
2 April 2013
RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN MYANMAR, THE CONSEQUENCES OF GOVERNMENT INACTION IN TACKLING PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION – UN EXPERT
2 April 2013
EGYPT: NGO BILL INFRINGES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS – UN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE LEGISLATORS TO REJECT IT
28 March 2013
UN EXPERT CALLS FOR BETTER PROTECTION FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE CAMPS AFTER BRUTAL CAR BOMB ATTACK IN PAKISTAN
28 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ONE HUNDREDTH AND SEVENTH SESSION
28 March 2013
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES TO STOP EXECUTIONS
27 March 2013
TWENTY-THIRD ROUND OF GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS CONCLUDES
26 March 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 March 2013
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NEGATIVE SECURITY ASSURANCES
26 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE REVIEWS DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT OF EVERYONE TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON
25 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ANNUAL REPORT AND FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND TO VIEWS
25 March 2013
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GHANA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
22 March 2013
COUNCIL ADOPTS 11 TEXTS, EXTENDS MANDATES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DURBAN DECLARATION AND PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES
22 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES TWENTY-SECOND SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 39 TEXTS
22 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATES ON SYRIA, IRAN AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
22 March 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 March 2013
NAVI PILLAY: REFORM OF THE INTER AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM MUST NOT WEAKEN ITS CAPACITY TO PROTECT VICTIMS
21 March 2013
COUNCIL ESTABLISHES COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
21 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF THE PERSON
21 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS NINE RESOLUTIONS AND TWO DECISIONS
21 March 2013
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS ON RACISM IN SPORT: LET US PUT IT OFFSIDE!
20 March 2013
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS ON WORLD WATER DAY: PROGRESS AND EQUALITY MUST GO HAND-IN-HAND WITH COOPERATION FOR WATER
20 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS FIFTH PERIODIC REPORT OF PERU
20 March 2013
COUNCIL DISCUSSES COUNTRY REPORTS UNDER AGENDA ITEMS ON ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER AND ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
20 March 2013
NAVI PILLAY SAYS NEPAL COMMISSION MUST NOT GRANT AMNESTIES FOR SERIOUS VIOLATIONS
20 March 2013
UN EXPERT URGES CÔTE D’IVOIRE TO BOOST DEMOCRACY THROUGH HUMAN RIGHTS AND IMPARTIAL JUSTICE
19 March 2013
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH INDEPENDENT EXPERTS ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE AND IN HAITI
19 March 2013
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE IN OUTERSPACE
19 March 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA
19 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL THEMATIC DISCUSSION ON TECHNICAL COOPERATION
19 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED FORMS OF INTOLERANCE
18 March 2013
NAVI PILLAY HAILS START OF GENOCIDE TRIAL IN GUATEMALA
18 March 2013
UN WORKING GROUP ON MERCENARIES TO LAUNCH STUDY ON THE USE OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES BY THE UNITED NATIONS
18 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATES ON SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORES, VIENNA DECLARATION
18 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH FACT-FINDING MISSION ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
15 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
15 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS SITUATION IN BELIZE IN ABSENCE OF A REPORT
15 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF ANGOLA
15 March 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 March 2013
PAKISTAN: STATEMENT BY THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM
15 March 2013
UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION LAUNCHES FIRST INFORMATION-GATHERING VISIT TO BRAZIL
15 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF PERU AND SRI LANKA
15 March 2013
CAMBODIA: UN EXPERT WELCOMES RELEASES AND CALLS FOR RESPECT FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN UPCOMING ELECTIONS
14 March 2013
UN EXPERT URGES CAMBODIA AND THE INTERNATIONAL TO COMMUNITY TO SPEED UP KHMER ROUGE TRIALS
14 March 2013
PILLAY SAYS SAUDI ARABIAN EXECUTIONS VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
14 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF PAKISTAN, ZAMBIA AND JAPAN
14 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF BENIN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND SWITZERLAND
14 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF GHANA, UKRAINE AND GUATEMALA
13 March 2013
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE WARNS ABOUT ABUSE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN THE AMERICAS
13 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF CZECH REPUBLIC, ARGENTINA AND GABON
13 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL ON THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF CORRUPTION ON THE ENJOYMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
13 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WORKING METHODS
13 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA
13 March 2013
UNITED NATIONS REPORT SAYS DEATHS IN DETENTION CENTRES IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ALMOST DOUBLED IN 2012
13 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON ITS SUBSIDIARY BODIES AND MECHANISMS
13 March 2013
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE SAUDI AUTHORITIES TO STOP IMMINENT EXECUTION OF SEVEN MEN
12 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES, BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE ON ITS SUBSIDIARY BODIES
12 March 2013
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES PROHIBITION OF THE PRODUCTION OF FISSILE MATERIAL FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS
12 March 2013
THOUSANDS OF MINORITY LANGUAGES THREATENED BY ASSIMILATION, CONFLICT AND FORCED DISPLACEMENT – UN EXPERT
12 March 2013
“RACISM AND SPORT” PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
12 March 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF PARAGUAY
12 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
12 March 2013
IRAN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT RAISES ALARM OVER INCREASED DEGREE OF SERIOUSNESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
11 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSES THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, MYANMAR AND IRAN
11 March 2013
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA MUST BE PROBED BY AN INTERNATIONAL ENQUIRY – UN EXPERT
11 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR: ADDRESS SHORTCOMINGS BEFORE THEY BECOME ENTRENCHED, SAYS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
11 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON SYRIA
11 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDREDTH AND SEVENTH SESSION
11 March 2013
UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY RELEASES UPDATE ON SYRIA
8 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
8 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS GENERAL DEBATE ON ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
8 March 2013
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: TIME TO TURN DECADES OF EMPTY PROMISES INTO CONCRETE CHANGES FOR WOMEN
8 March 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING THE FULL REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT OF THE CHILD TO HEALTH
7 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN AND ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN
7 March 2013
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS: THE LINK IS THERE, AND SO IS THE STATES’ OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THEM
7 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES RIGHT OF THE CHILD TO THE HIGHEST ATTAINABLE STANDARD OF HEALTH
7 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS ITS ONE-HUNDREDTH AND SEVENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 11 TO 28 MARCH
7 March 2013
STATEMENT BY UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY - 8 MARCH 2013
7 March 2013
FREEDOM OF RELIGION: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT REPORTS ON THE PLIGHT OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN THE WORLD
6 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
6 March 2013
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES WORLD BANK TO INCREASE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING
6 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND ON FOREIGN DEBT
6 March 2013
CIA RENDITION PROGRAMME: UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM ASKS FOR TRUTH AND ACCOUNTABILITY
6 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
5 March 2013
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
5 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS CLUSTERED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION
5 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ARBITRARY DETENTION AND ON COUNTERING TERRORISM
5 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON TORTURE AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
5 March 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 March 2013
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ASKS GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE BARE MINIMUM HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THOSE WHO DEFEND OUR RIGHTS
5 March 2013
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS “ABHORRENT” ATTACKS ON PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM IN TANZANIA
5 March 2013
KEY REPORT BY UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE FOCUSES ON ABUSES IN HEALTH-CARE SETTINGS
4 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON TORTURE AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
4 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING
4 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THEMATIC REPORTS BY SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
4 March 2013
EMPOWERING WOMEN IS A SHORTCUT TO TACKLING HUNGER – UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO FOOD
1 March 2013
Transcript of Press Conference by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 1 March 2013
1 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS HIGH-LEVEL PANEL TO DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS MAINSTREAMING
1 March 2013
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION
1 March 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1 March 2013
INEQUALITY, NOT IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS – KEY UN EXPERT GROUP LOOKS BEYOND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
1 March 2013
REMARKS BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON HUMAN RIGHTS MAINSTREAMING AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
1 March 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION
1 March 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
28 February 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON HER ANNUAL REPORT
28 February 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT AFTER HEARING STATEMENTS FROM 13 DIGNITARIES
28 February 2013
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL INQUIRY INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
27 February 2013
NAVI PILLAY MOURNS DEATH OF STÉPHANE HESSEL, “ONE OF THE GREAT CHAMPIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS”
27 February 2013
“ZIMBABWE MUST RESPECT FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN RUN-UP TO CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM,” WARN UN RIGHTS EXPERTS
27 February 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 16 DIGNITARIES ON THIRD DAY OF ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
27 February 2013
DIGNITARIES OF IRELAND AND JORDAN ADDRESS CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
27 February 2013
UN EXPERT CALLS FOR AN INVESTIGATION IN THE DEATH OF A PALESTINIAN PRISONER WHILE UNDERGOING INTERROGATION IN AN ISRAELI FACILITY
27 February 2013
HAITI / HUMAN RIGHTS: FOLLOW UP MISSION OF THE UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT TO HAITI (in French)
26 February 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT, HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 13 DIGNITARIES
26 February 2013
THE MALDIVES: UN EXPERT WARNS OF MAJOR CHALLENGES AHEAD TO ENSURE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY
26 February 2013
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADDRESSED BY DIGNITARIES OF EIGHT COUNTRIES
26 February 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 February 2013
15 DIGNITARIES ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON SECOND DAY OF HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
26 February 2013
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT WARNS THAT KENYA MUST AVOID A NEW INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT CRISIS IN THE RUN UP TO ELECTIONS
25 February 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 18 DIGNITARIES AS IT CONTINUES ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
25 February 2013
COUNCIL HOLDS HIGH-LEVEL PANEL TO COMMEMORATE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
25 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
25 February 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS TWENTY-SECOND SESSION AND STARTS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
25 February 2013
VICE-FOREIGN MINISTER OF ARGENTINA ADDRESSES THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
25 February 2013
PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES IN HONDURAS NEED ROBUST AND EFFECTIVE MONITORING, SAYS UN EXPERT GROUP
25 February 2013
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO OPENING OF HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
22 February 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 February 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES TENTH SESSION
22 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF NEW ZEALAND
22 February 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS TWO ACTION POINTS AND CONCLUDES TENTH SESSION
22 February 2013
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CUBA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
21 February 2013
INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN HAITI ISSUES STATEMENT ON EVE OF RESUMPTION OF THE DUVALIER TRIAL
21 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCUSSES REPORT OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
21 February 2013
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROPOSALS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION AND MODEL LAW ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
21 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF MAURITIUS
21 February 2013
DUVALIER CASE: NAVI PILLAY URGES JUSTICE FOR PAST ABUSES IN HAITI
20 February 2013
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND CORRUPTION, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, AND GLOBALIZATION
20 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN EXAMINES REPORT OF ANGOLA
20 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF SLOVAKIA
20 February 2013
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KENYA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
20 February 2013
MYANMAR: “REFORMS CONTINUE APACE, BUT KEY HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES REMAIN UNADDRESSED” – UN EXPERT
19 February 2013
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES GENDER MAINSTREAMING, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, RIGHT TO PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
19 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN REVIEWS THE REPORT OF GREECE
19 February 2013
USA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CALL ON CONGRESS TO REAUTHORIZE THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
19 February 2013
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL VALERIE AMOS IN GENEVA ON 19 FEBRUARY 2013
19 February 2013
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA RESPONDS TO REACTIONS ON ITS NUCLEAR TEST OF 12 FEBRUARY
19 February 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF KYRGYZSTAN
19 February 2013
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT: “NOT JUST ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL HARM, BUT RIGHTS – HUMAN RIGHTS”
19 February 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS TWENTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION FROM 25 FEBRUARY TO 22 MARCH
18 February 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND TERRORIST HOSTAGE-TAKING
18 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN: GREECE, ANGOLA AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
18 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSSES SITUATION IN KYRGYZSTAN AND NEW ZEALAND WITH NGOS
18 February 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OPENS TENTH SESSION
18 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCUSSES WOMEN AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE
18 February 2013
UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON SYRIA: ALL PARTIES BECOMING INCREASINGLY RECKLESS WITH HUMAN LIFE AS THE CONFLICT DRAGS ON
15 February 2013
SUDAN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CALLS FOR FURTHER EFFORTS TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS AFTER VISIT TO KHARTOUM AND DARFUR
15 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
15 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN REVIEWS REPORT OF CYPRUS
15 February 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 February 2013
INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY: UN EXPERT LAUNCHES MISSION TO THE MALDIVES
14 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORTS OF HUNGARY
14 February 2013
VENEZUELA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF JUDGE AFIUNI (Spanish only)
14 February 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS TENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 18 TO 22 FEBRUARY
14 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ALGERIA
14 February 2013
NAVI PILLAY AFTER PUBLICATION OF REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE TRANSNISTRIAN REGION: HUMAN RIGHTS DO NOT HAVE ANY BORDERS
14 February 2013
INDONESIA: “RESTRICTIVE BILL THREATENS FREEDOMS OF ASSOCIATION, EXPRESSION AND RELIGION,” WARN UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERTS
13 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN EXAMINES REPORT OF AUSTRIA
13 February 2013
ISRAEL: UN EXPERT CALLS FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THREE PALESTINIAN DETAINEES ON HUNGER STRIKE HELD WITHOUT CHARGES
13 February 2013
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HEALTH OF PALESTINIAN DETAINEES
12 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSSES SITUATION IN RUSSIA, ALGERIA AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WITH NGOS
12 February 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN EXAMINES REPORT OF PAKISTAN
12 February 2013
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT: MANY STATES CONDEMN NUCLEAR TEST BY DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
11 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCUSSES SITUATION IN PAKISTAN, AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY WITH NGOS
11 February 2013
IRAN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF KEY OPPOSITION LEADERS AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
11 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION
11 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION
11 February 2013
GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT
11 February 2013
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PERU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
11 February 2013
NAVI PILLAY SAYS ATROCIOUS RAPE AND MURDER SHOWS NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA
8 February 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 February 2013
THAILAND: STRIKING CONTRASTS IN ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
7 February 2013
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 11 FEBRUARY TO 1 MARCH
7 February 2013
BANGLADESH: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS WARN THAT JUSTICE FOR THE PAST REQUIRES FAIR TRIALS
7 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HOLDS EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 11 FEBRUARY TO 1 MARCH 2013
6 February 2013
TRIAL AND SENTENCING OF SOMALI JOURNALIST AND ALLEGED RAPE VICTIM A SERIOUS BLOW TO FIGHT AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE – PILLAY
6 February 2013
PILLAY CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF TUNISIAN ACTIVIST WHO CAMPAIGNED AGAINST POLITICAL VIOLENCE
6 February 2013
PILLAY WELCOMES MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH ENABLING INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
5 February 2013
MYANMAR: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR VISIT TO ASSESS HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION
5 February 2013
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS BY HEAD OF DISARMAMENT DEPARTMENT AT MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN
5 February 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 February 2013
UN EXPERTS CALL ON IRAN TO STOP JOURNALIST ARRESTS AND RELEASE THOSE DETAINED
4 February 2013
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MONACO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
1 February 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES SIXTY-SECOND SESSION
1 February 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1 February 2013
UN RIGHTS EXPERTS ADVISE RUSSIAN DUMA TO SCRAP BILL ON ‘HOMOSEXUALITY PROPAGANDA’
31 January 2013
GREECE: UN EXPERTS ON ARBITRARY DETENTION CONCERNED BY DETENTION CONDITIONS AND LIMITED ACCESS TO LEGAL ASSISTANCE
31 January 2013
FUNDING APPEAL: PILLAY URGES DONORS TO INVEST MORE IN HUMAN RIGHTS
31 January 2013
SUDAN: UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT LAUNCHES MISSION TO KHARTOUM AND DARFUR
31 January 2013
ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS SYMBOLISE THE ACUTE LACK OF JUSTICE EXPERIENCED BY THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
31 January 2013
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPLAUDS INDIAN MOVEMENT TO ERADICATE ‘MANUAL SCAVENGING’
29 January 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 January 2013
GRAVE ATENTADO A LA DEMOCRACIA EN HONDURAS LA DESTITUCIÓN DE MAGISTRADOS DE LA SALA CONSTITUCIONAL
29 January 2013
PRESIDENT OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT PRESENTS DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK TO STATES PARTIES
29 January 2013
EGYPT: HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES SERIOUS DIALOGUE AND END TO USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE
29 January 2013
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RIGHT TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION LAUNCHES FIRST MISSION TO THAILAND
28 January 2013
SPAIN MUST MAKE A PRIORITY THE FIGHT AGAINST RACISM, NOW MORE THAN EVER – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
28 January 2013
IRAN: UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE GOVERNMENT TO HALT THE EXECUTION OF FIVE AHWAZI ACTIVISTS
28 January 2013
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GREECE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
25 January 2013
STATEMENT BY NAVI PILLAY TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST
25 January 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 January 2013
INDIA: NAVI PILLAY PRAISES GROUNDBREAKING REPORT ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
24 January 2013
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$1.3 BILLION
23 January 2013
UK/PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION: “NO MATTER HOW OLD A DEMOCRACY, THERE IS ALWAYS SPACE FOR IMPROVEMENTS”
23 January 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF SLOVAKIA ON SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
23 January 2013
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS CONVICTION OF THAI EDITOR UNDERMINES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
22 January 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINES ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN AND CHILD PROSTITUTION
22 January 2013
UN COUNTER-TERRORISM EXPERT TO LAUNCH INQUIRY INTO THE CIVILIAN IMPACT OF DRONES AND OTHER FORMS OF TARGETED KILLING
22 January 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 January 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS INITIAL REPORT OF NIUE VIA TELECONFERENCE
22 January 2013
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS 2013 SESSION
21 January 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HEARS REPORTS OF BURKINA FASO ON SALE OF CHILDREN AND ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
21 January 2013
JOINT INSPECTION UNIT: 2012 WINTER SESSION
18 January 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HEARS THE REPORT OF GUINEA
18 January 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 January 2013
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON SOMALIA CONDEMNS KILLING OF RADIO JOURNALIST
17 January 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF MALTA
17 January 2013
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS FIRST PUBLIC PLENARY OF 2013 SESSION ON 22 JANUARY
17 January 2013
ARBITRARY DETENTION: FIRST FACT-FINDING VISIT TO GREECE BY UN RIGHTS EXPERT GROUP
17 January 2013
LAST CHANCE TO DEVELOPMENT-PROOF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY, WARNS UN FOOD EXPERT ON EVE OF KEY EU VOTE
17 January 2013
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RACISM TO VISIT SPAIN FROM 21 TO 28 JANUARY 2013
16 January 2013
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD HEARS REPORTS OF UNITED STATES ON SALE OF CHILDREN AND INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
16 January 2013
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALTA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
15 January 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF GUYANA
15 January 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 January 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW WORKING GROUP TO HOLD FIFTEENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 21 JANUARY TO 1 FEBRUARY 2013
14 January 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS ITS SIXTY-SECOND SESSION
14 January 2013
NAVI PILLAY URGES MORE ATTENTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
14 January 2013
TUNISIA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP CALLS FOR GUARANTEES ON GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT
14 January 2013
SAUDI ARABIA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS OUTRAGED AT BEHEADING OF A SRI LANKAN DOMESTIC WORKER
11 January 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 January 2013
Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi - Geneva, 11 January 2013
10 January 2013
UNITED KINGDOM: FIRST MISSION TO THE COUNTRY BY A UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON FREEDOMS OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION
10 January 2013
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT LAUNCHES FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION TO PANAMA
10 January 2013
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HOLDS SIXTY-SECOND SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 14 JANUARY TO 1 FEBRUARY 2013
10 January 2013
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MAURITIUS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
8 January 2013
CANADA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CALLS FOR MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE WITH ABORIGINAL LEADERS AFTER WEEKS OF PROTESTS
8 January 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 January 2013
TUNISIA: VISIT OF A DELEGATION FROM THE WORKING GROUP ON THE ISSUE OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN (in French)
4 January 2013
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 January 2013
DATA ANALYSIS SUGGESTS OVER 60,000 PEOPLE KILLED IN SYRIA CONFLICT: PILLAY
31 December 2012
SRI LANKA: ATTACKS ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY MUST STOP, WARNS UN EXPERT
31 December 2012
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES NEEDED IN WAKE OF INDIA RAPE TRAGEDY: PILLAY
21 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS PLIGHT OF SOMALI BOAT PEOPLE MUST STOP AFTER NEW BOAT TRAGEDY IN THE GULF OF ADEN
21 December 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 December 2012
NEW UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ERITREA URGES GOVERNMENT TO COOPERATE
20 December 2012
NEW UPDATE FROM SYRIA COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
20 December 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
19 December 2012
CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN INTERNET DEBATE IS KEY, SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
19 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT WARNS THAT POVERTY AND IMPUNITY IN MADAGASCAR HAVE INCREASED CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY
19 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS SAYS THERE IS SOME HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS IN IRAQ, BUT SERIOUS PROBLEMS REMAIN
18 December 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 December 2012
MIGRANTS DESERVE FULL RECOGNITION AS RIGHTS HOLDERS, SAY EXPERTS ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY
18 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP SAYS PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES IN SOMALIA NEED REGULATION
17 December 2012
UN WORKING GROUP SAYS CLEAR AND FIRM POLITICAL WILL IS CRUCIAL TO PREVENT AND TERMINATE ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
17 December 2012
MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CONCLUDES IN GENEVA
17 December 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS: A MEDIA GUIDE TO THE NEW UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERTS AND MANDATES (2012)
14 December 2012
“DIALOGUE IS THE CRUCIAL WAY FORWARD” SAYS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA
14 December 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 December 2012
UN EXPERT GROUP ENCOURAGES REVIEW OF EGYPT’S DRAFT CONSTITUTION CONCERNING EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS
13 December 2012
ARGENTINA/GHANA: VULTURE FUNDS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARALYZE DEBT RELIEF, SAYS UN EXPERT ON THE EVE OF KEY RULING
12 December 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE OF CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS
12 December 2012
STANDING UP FOR MALALA – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES STATES TO STAND UP FOR THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY FOR GIRLS
12 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE EXPRESSES ITS DEEP DISMAY CONCERNING THE CONTINUING CHILD EXECUTIONS IN YEMEN
11 December 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS URGE HUNGARY TO UPHOLD CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISION TO DECRIMINALIZE HOMELESSNESS
11 December 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
10 December 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING TO ELECT NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS FOR 2013
10 December 2012
WORLD ORGANISATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH CHIEF: RISING INSTABILITY AND WEAK VETERINARY SERVICES POSE THREAT TO WORLD SECURITY
10 December 2012
16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
7 December 2012
URUGUAY IS ADVANCING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TORTURE AND CRUEL, BUT MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE (in Spanish)
7 December 2012
ECONOMIC GROWTH IS NOT BENEFITING THE POOR IN MONGOLIA, WARNS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY
7 December 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY TO UNDERTAKE FIRST MISSION TO MADAGASCAR FROM 10 TO 12 DECEMBER
7 December 2012
CHINA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CONDEMNS AS ‘RETALIATION’ THE CONVICTION OF A PROMINENT RIGHTS DEFENDER’S RELATIVE
7 December 2012
NAVI PILLAY ALARMED BY EGYPT VIOLENCE AND BY MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH DRAFT CONSTITUTION
6 December 2012
STATEMENT BY UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY - 10 DECEMBER 2012
6 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TO VISIT CAMBODIA TO FOLLOW UP ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES AHEAD
6 December 2012
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
6 December 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ALBANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
6 December 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF YEMEN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
5 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT WELCOMES KAMPALA CONVENTION ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
5 December 2012
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEMBERS TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 10 TO 14 DECEMBER
5 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SAYS ISRAEL MUST DELIVER ON CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT IN THE GAZA STRIP
4 December 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS IRREGULAR MIGRANTS STUCK IN GREECE ARE ALSO THE EUROPEAN UNION’S RESPONSIBILITY
3 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS OFFICIAL URGES “QUICK, THOROUGH AND CREDIBLE” INQUIRIES INTO SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS CRIMES IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE
30 November 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-NINTH SESSION
30 November 2012
FOLLOW-UP VISIT TO URUGUAY BY THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE
30 November 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 November 2012
UN EXPERT SAYS TURKEY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN SECURING THE RIGHT TO LIFE, BUT HAS A LONG WAY TO GO ON ACCOUNTABILITY
30 November 2012
NAVI PILLAY SAYS EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION CONFLICTS WITH INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS
29 November 2012
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
29 November 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY MARKS INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
29 November 2012
GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES ITS SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION
29 November 2012
MONGOLIA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT TO ASSESS EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY
28 November 2012
LARGEST GLOBAL DIALOGUE ON THE IMPACT OF BUSINESSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE HELD IN GENEVA FROM 3 TO 5 DECEMBER
27 November 2012
LEADING UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL RETURNS TO CÔTE D’IVOIRE TO ASSESS HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION
27 November 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 November 2012
UN EXPERT ON INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY SAYS JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES’ DECISIONS MUST BE COMPLIED WITH IN EL SALVADOR
27 November 2012
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO BE COMMEMORATED AT PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 29 NOVEMBER 2012
26 November 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES JAPAN TO HEED PEOPLE’S VOICES IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE NUCLEAR DISASTER
26 November 2012
SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 27 TO 29 NOVEMBER
26 November 2012
FORUM ON MINORITY ISSUES – FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION TO MARK TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF MINORITIES DECLARATION
26 November 2012
DURABLE SOLUTIONS AND RESPECT OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS’ RIGHTS ARE KEY FOR PEACE AND STABILITY IN SUDAN – UN EXPERT
26 November 2012
UN EXPERT SAYS THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION MUST REMAIN THE FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCING THE EDUCATION FOR ALL AGENDA
23 November 2012
IRELAND IS A SUPPORTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS DESPITE CERTAIN CHALLENGES, SAYS UN EXPERT ON RIGHTS DEFENDERS
23 November 2012
TOP UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT GROUP DEPLORES HIGH PRICE PAID BY CIVILIANS IN GAZA AND ISRAEL
23 November 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FORTY-NINTH SESSION
23 November 2012
TURKEY: UN EXPERT ON ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS TO ASSESS CURRENT LEVEL OF PROTECTION OF RIGHT TO LIFE
23 November 2012
DOHA/UN CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS: “OF COURSE IT’S ABOUT MONEY, BUT IT’S ALSO ABOUT SOLIDARITY,” SAYS UN EXPERT
23 November 2012
THE MALALA EFFECT – STATEMENT BY NAVI PILLAY TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
23 November 2012
UNOG AND GENEVA CENTRE FOR DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF ARMED FORCES CO-CHAIR SPECIAL DISCUSSION ON ARAB SPRING AND SECURITY SECTOR REFORM
22 November 2012
UN EXPERT REGRETS THAT MIGRANT RIGHTS ARE NOT A CENTRAL PILLAR OF THE AGENDA OF THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
22 November 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS REVIEWS SITUATION IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA
22 November 2012
HAITI/HUMAN RIGHTS: FOLLOW-UP MISSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT TO HAITI
22 November 2012
CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING FROM THE DEVASTATING AND LASTING IMPACT OF THE GAZA CRISIS - UN COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
22 November 2012
NAVI PILLAY DISMAYED AT SUDDEN RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
21 November 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF ICELAND
21 November 2012
MIGRANTS AND THE MEDITERRANEAN, LAST STOP: GREECE
20 November 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF BULGARIA
20 November 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 November 2012
MYANMAR: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GREETS LATEST COMMITMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND CALLS FOR THEIR SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION
20 November 2012
UNITED NATIONS CHILD RIGHTS EXPERTS SAY THERE IS NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY TO PREVENT AND PROHIBIT CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
19 November 2012
NAVI PILLAY ENCOURAGES ASEAN TO ENSURE HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION IS IMPLEMENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS
19 November 2012
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS BRIEF COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ON EQUATORIAL GUINEA AND BULGARIA
19 November 2012
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE TO LAUNCH ONLINE “GOOGLE+ HANGOUT” SERIES
19 November 2012
CROATIA: FROM WARTIME VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN TO NEW FORMS OF VIOLENCE IN THE PRIVATE AND FAMILY SPHERES
16 November 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF MAURITANIA
16 November 2012
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS NEED TO BE AT THE HEART OF THE TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROCESS IN TUNISIA
16 November 2012
EL SALVADOR: FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION BY UN EXPERT ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS
16 November 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 November 2012
“ASEAN HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION SHOULD MAINTAIN INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS,” URGES KEY UN EXPERT GROUP
16 November 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RIGHTS DEFENDERS TO VISIT IRELAND, FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRY
16 November 2012
STATEMENT BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION TO MARK WORLD TOILET DAY
15 November 2012
IRAN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT AND IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH IN CUSTODY OF A BLOGGER
15 November 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF ECUADOR
14 November 2012
SRI LANKA: UN EXPERT CONCERNED ABOUT REPRISALS AGAINST JUDGES, URGES RECONSIDERATION OF CHIEF JUSTICE’S IMPEACHMENT
14 November 2012
FIGHTING TRAFFICKING IS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS – CORPORATIONS MUST STRIVE FOR TRAFFICKING-FREE SUPPLY CHAINS
14 November 2012
MASS ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS OF CIVILIANS, INCLUDING DOZENS OF CHILDREN, IN SOUTHERN MASISI, EASTERN DRC – UN REPORT
14 November 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF TANZANIA
13 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF TOGO
13 November 2012
ARBITRARY DETENTION: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP TO DISCUSS OVER 30 CASES FROM 26 COUNTRIES
13 November 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 November 2012
SUDAN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT TO ASSESS SITUATION OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
13 November 2012
UN EXPERT WARNS THAT MORE EFFORTS ARE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE PHILIPPINES
13 November 2012
OPENING REMARKS BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE DURING HER MISSION TO INDONESIA
12 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
12 November 2012
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS BRIEF COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ON TANZANIA, ECUADOR AND MAURITANIA
12 November 2012
“SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: RETRIEVING THE PAST TO GO FORWARD” – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON CULTURAL RIGHTS
12 November 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT TO PROBE HEALTH RIGHTS DIMENSION IN POST-DISASTER JAPAN
12 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF TOGO
12 November 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-NINTH SESSION
9 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF GABON
9 November 2012
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES CONCLUDES THIRD SESSION
9 November 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT TO LAUNCH SECOND MISSION TO PROBE HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN THROUGH DIASPORA IN EUROPE
9 November 2012
NAVI PILLAY URGES SOUTH SUDAN TO REVERSE EXPULSION OF UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER
9 November 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 November 2012
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS STUDY OVER 400 CASES, 17 UNDER THEIR URGENT ACTION PROCEDURE
9 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
9 November 2012
TUNISIA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT TO ASSESS OFFICIAL ACTIONS TO PROMOTE TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
9 November 2012
INTERNATIONAL FACT-FINDING MISSION ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY CONCLUDES WORK IN AMMAN
8 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF TAJIKISTAN
8 November 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS FORTY-NINTH SESSION FROM 12 TO 30 NOVEMBER
8 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF GABON
8 November 2012
UN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY, CALLS FOR REVIEW OF ASEAN DRAFT HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION
7 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF SENEGAL
7 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF TAJIKISTAN
6 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF QATAR
6 November 2012
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, A WAR LEGACY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
6 November 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MOZAMBIQUE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
6 November 2012
NAVI PILLAY TO ADDRESS BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM AND VISIT INDONESIA FROM 7 TO 13 NOVEMBER
6 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF SENEGAL
6 November 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 November 2012
ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR ALL INCLUDING THE POOREST, URGES UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY
6 November 2012
“FREE SPEECH IS CENTRAL TO DETERRING HATE SPEECH” – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
6 November 2012
RACISM ONLINE AND IN EXTREMIST GROUPS: TWO KEY REPORTS BY A UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM
5 November 2012
FIRST MISSION TO CROATIA BY THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
5 November 2012
COMMITTEE MEETS WITH STATES PARTIES, NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
5 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF QATAR
5 November 2012
STATES AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISES SHOULD SCALE UP EFFORTS TO REDUCE ADVERSE BUSINESS IMPACTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
5 November 2012
UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT: THE CHALLENGE IS TO ENSURE THAT WOMEN OWN THEIR CULTURE AS WELL AS THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS
5 November 2012
UN RAPPORTEUR: CONSIDER SETTING UP A MORE DETAILED MECHANISM OF INQUIRY ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
5 November 2012
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IS A POWERFUL CATALYST TO STRENGTHEN THE RULE OF LAW SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
5 November 2012
UN EXPERT ON HOUSING SAYS FINANCIAL CREDIT FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP IS NOT AN ADEQUATE SOLUTION FOR THE WORLD’S POOR
5 November 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS NATIONAL LAWS MUST NOT RESTRAIN THE WORK OF RIGHTS DEFENDERS
2 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF NORWAY
2 November 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ONE-HUNDREDTH AND SIXTH SESSION
2 November 2012
UN SECURITY COUNCIL / AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS REGIME: UN RIGHTS EXPERT SOUNDS ALARM AT DELISTING PROCEDURES
2 November 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 November 2012
NAVI PILLAY: CHINA MUST URGENTLY ADDRESS DEEP-ROOTED FRUSTRATIONS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS IN TIBETAN AREAS
1 November 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT TO ASSESS IMPLEMENTATION OF CULTURAL RIGHTS IN SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
1 November 2012
NEW UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON BELARUS CALLS FOR DIALOGUE WITH GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
1 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF MEXICO
1 November 2012
IRAN: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF SAKHAROV PRIZE WINNERS
1 November 2012
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT IN FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION TO THE PHILIPPINES
1 November 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SWITZERLAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
1 November 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF NORWAY
1 November 2012
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT BODY TO STUDY MORE THAN 400 CASES FROM OVER 30 COUNTRIES
31 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARS ORAL REPORT ON FOLLOW-UP TO VIEWS
31 October 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF PERU
31 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW ARE UNDERMINED BY ‘À LA CARTE’ APPLICATION, WARNS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
31 October 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF MEXICO
31 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS URGE MYANMAR TO END VIOLENCE AND PROTECT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN RAKHINE STATE
30 October 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 October 2012
COMMEMORATION OF THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION ON THE PROTECTION OF ALL PERSONS FROM ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE
30 October 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF PERU
30 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RIGHT TO FOOD SAYS OCEAN-GRABBING IS AS SERIOUS A THREAT AS LAND-GRABBING
29 October 2012
STATEMENT BY MS. NAVI PILLAY, UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY 67TH SESSION NEW YORK, 24 OCTOBER 2012
29 October 2012
SURPRISE VISITS TO DETENTION CENTRES BY INDEPENDENT NATIONAL BODIES VITAL TO ELIMINATE TORTURE – UN EXPERT BODY
29 October 2012
“CORRUPTION IN THE JUDICIARY THREATENS THE RULE OF LAW AND PROTECTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS,” WARNS UN EXPERT
29 October 2012
MILLIONS ARE INTERNALLY DISPLACED EVERY YEAR BY CONFLICT, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND DISASTERS
29 October 2012
“BOYCOTT BUSINESSES THAT PROFIT FROM ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS” – UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
29 October 2012
VIOLATED IN PRACTICE, QUESTIONED IN PRINCIPLE – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES GOVERNMENTS TO PROTECT THE RIGHT OF CONVERSION
29 October 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS FOURTY-NINTH SESSION
29 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES OPENS ITS THIRD SESSION
29 October 2012
CHAIRS OF TWO UNITED NATIONS EXPERT BODIES ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES ADDRESS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
29 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS SHOULD LIE AT THE HEART OF MYANMAR’S REFORM PROCESS
25 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS GENERAL DISCUSSION ON ARTICLE 9 ON THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON
25 October 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF INDONESIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
25 October 2012
TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY MR. JAN ELIASSON, UNITED NATIONS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL
25 October 2012
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UN EXPERT LAUNCHES FIRST MISSION TO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
25 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$1.09 BILLION
24 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES HOLDS THIRD SESSION FROM 29 OCTOBER TO 9 NOVEMBER 2012
24 October 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HOLDS FORTY-NINTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 29 OCTOBER TO 23 NOVEMBER 2012
24 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS FOURTH PERIODIC REPORT OF PORTUGAL
24 October 2012
STATES MUST TRANSLATE COMMITMENT TO ERADICATE TORTURE INTO ACTION, WITH ADEQUATE RESOURCES – UN EXPERT COMMITTEE ON TORTURE
23 October 2012
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS OUTRAGED WITH RECENT EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
23 October 2012
DEATH PENALTY INCREASINGLY VIEWED AS TORTURE, UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FINDS
23 October 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS SECOND PERIODIC REPORT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
22 October 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THAILAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
22 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSES FOLLOW UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
22 October 2012
COLOMBIA: UN EXPERTS CALL ON THE AUTHORITIES TO RECONSIDER THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM OF MILITARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE
19 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS WORKING METHODS
19 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FIFTY-THIRD SESSION
19 October 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF GERMANY
18 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS HIGH-LEVEL PANEL TO CELEBRATE ITS THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY
18 October 2012
OPENING STATEMENT BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN GENEVA
18 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF TURKEY
18 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP ON WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS ADULTERY SHOULD NOT BE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE AT ALL
16 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
16 October 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINES
16 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW WORKING GROUP TO HOLD FOURTEENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 22 OCTOBER TO 5 NOVEMBER 2012
15 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDREDTH AND SIXTH SESSION
15 October 2012
GUATEMALA-INDIGENOUS : FOUR UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS CALL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO THE VIOLENCE ON 4 OCTOBER IN SANTA CATARINA IXTAHUACAN (Spanish only)
15 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY SAYS TACKLING POVERTY REQUIRES IMPROVING ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR THE POOR
12 October 2012
IRAN: UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE HALT OF EXECUTIONS, INCLUDING ELEVEN SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW
12 October 2012
PAKISTAN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS CALL FOR GREATER PROTECTION FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND ACTIVISTS AGAINST EXTREMIST GROUPS
12 October 2012
THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL JUDO FEDERATION SIGN PARTNERSHIP TO REINFORCE THEIR COOPERATION
12 October 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN REVIEWS REPORT OF TURKMENISTAN
11 October 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE END OF THE TWENTY-FIRST ROUND OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS
11 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON TOXIC WASTE CALLS FOR GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY OF POLLUTING COMPANIES IN HUNGARY
11 October 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS ITS ONE-HUNDREDTH AND SIXTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 15 OCTOBER TO 2 NOVEMBER
11 October 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO SAFE WATER AND SANITATION ISSUES STATEMENT TO MARK GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY, 15 OCTOBER 2012
11 October 2012
“UNITY IS FUNDAMENTAL IN OUR FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS,” STRESS UNITED NATIONS AND AFRICAN EXPERTS ON KEY ANNIVERSARY
10 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE COMOROS
9 October 2012
FORCED CHILD MARRIAGE IS A SLAVERY LIKE REALITY IN EVERY SINGLE REGION OF THE WORLD, SAY UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS
9 October 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 October 2012
“UNDERWRITE THE POOR LIKE WE UNDERWROTE THE BANKS” – UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS PROPOSE GLOBAL FUND FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION
9 October 2012
VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN MALI IS BECOMING SYSTEMATIC, SAYS LEADING UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL
8 October 2012
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR URGES ITALY TO PUT HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE CORE OF ITS BORDER MANAGEMENT POLICY
8 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HEARS FROM NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ON TURKMENISTAN
8 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS POVERTY EXPERT SAYS UNACCEPTABLE INEQUALITIES PERSIST IN NAMIBIA 20 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE
8 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS RELEASES REPORT CHARTING TEN YEARS OF VIOLATIONS DURING NEPAL CONFLICT
8 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS AND AFRICAN EXPERTS SAY RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN TUNISIA MUST BE INVOLVED IN THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSTITUTION
5 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA
5 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS CALL FOR EUROPEAN UNION BANKING SECTOR REFORM IN LINE WITH STATES’ HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS
5 October 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES SIXTY-FIRST SESSION
4 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF TOGO
4 October 2012
LEADING UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL TO VISIT MALI
4 October 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES SERBIA TO ALLOW LESBIAN AND GAY PARADE, CONFRONT PREJUDICE AGAINST MINORITIES
4 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP TO ASSESS IMPACT OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN MONGOLIA
2 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF CHILE
2 October 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 October 2012
UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT TO ASSESS IMPACT OF UNSOUND MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF TOXIC WASTE IN HUNGARY
1 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCUSSES SITUATION IN CHILE AND TOGO WITH NGOS
1 October 2012
HONDURAS: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS SHOCKED AT KILLING OF PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
1 October 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FIFTY-THIRD SESSION
1 October 2012
KAZAKHSTAN MUST BUILD ON ITS GAINS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY, SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
28 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SUSPENDS TWENTY-FIRST SESSION
28 September 2012
COUNCIL ADOPTS FIVE TEXTS, APPOINTS MEMBERS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE, COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON SYRIA, SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS
28 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONCLUDES EIGHTH SESSION
28 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HOLDS DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION ON CHILDREN AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
28 September 2012
CALIFORNIA: NEW LAW ON THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION SETS “INSPIRING EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS” – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
28 September 2012
NAMIBIA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CALLS FOR GREATER INCLUSION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AT ALL LEVELS
28 September 2012
“FEWER HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WORLD’S POOR” SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON HOUSING
28 September 2012
ERADICATION OF EXTREME POVERTY IS A GLOBAL LEGAL OBLIGATION – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT TELLS WORLD GOVERNMENTS
28 September 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EXTENDS THE MANDATES OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON SYRIA AND THE INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SUDAN
28 September 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF VIET NAM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
27 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 11 TEXTS ON SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS, TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE, CORRUPTION AND TERRORIST HOSTAGE-TAKING
27 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF CANADA ON THE SALE AND EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
27 September 2012
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 1 TO 19 OCTOBER
27 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF CANADA
27 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 10 RESOLUTIONS ON SAFE DRINKING WATER, PREVENTABLE MATERNAL MORTALITY AND USE OF MERCENARIES
27 September 2012
UNITED KINGDOM TO HOST FIRST VISIT BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
27 September 2012
VISIT TO NAMIBIA BY UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTREME POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
26 September 2012
COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING
26 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF ALBANIA ON SALE OF CHILDREN AND ON CHILDREN INVOLVED IN ARMED CONFLICT
26 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES WITH EXPERTS ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOMALIA AND IN SUDAN
26 September 2012
“REFORM AND TRANSPARENCY” – TWO REPORTS ON CAMBODIA’S ELECTIONS AND LAND CONCESSIONS
26 September 2012
TUNISIA: UNITED NATIONS AND AFRICAN EXPERTS ON RIGHTS DEFENDERS MAKE FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO NORTH AFRICA SINCE ‘ARAB SPRING’
26 September 2012
‘MIGRANTS AND THE MEDITERRANEAN’, NEXT STOP: ITALY – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CONTINUES STUDY ON EXTERNAL BORDERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
26 September 2012
NAVI PILLAY URGES ACTION ON “CHRONIC INSECURITY” FACING LAWYERS, JOURNALISTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN HONDURAS
25 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF ALBANIA
25 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA
25 September 2012
OPINION PIECE ON USE OF MERCENARIES: ‘NEW FORCES NEED NEW RULES’
25 September 2012
3RD UNITED NATIONS SPORTS YOUTH CAMP KICKS OFF IN SWITZERLAND
25 September 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 September 2012
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES PROMOTION OF MINORITY RIGHTS AND UNITY
25 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED FORMS OF INTOLERANCE
25 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
25 September 2012
VIET NAM: NAVI PILLAY CONCERNED ABOUT HARSH SENTENCES AGAINST JOURNALISTS AND BLOGGERS
24 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF AUSTRIA
24 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
24 September 2012
COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
24 September 2012
MOROCCO: “CULTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS EMERGING, BUT MORE NEEDED TO ERADICATE TORTURE” SAYS UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
21 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON NELSON MANDELA INTERNATIONAL DAY
21 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF ANDORRA
21 September 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 September 2012
THIRD HUMAN RIGHTS MISSION TO CÔTE D'IVOIRE BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
21 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONSIDERS REPORT OF HUNGARY
21 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON THE NETHERLANDS AND SOUTH AFRICA
21 September 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EL SALVADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
21 September 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PARAGUAY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
20 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON THE PHILIPPINES, ALGERIA AND POLAND
20 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF NAMIBIA
20 September 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY IN FIRST MISSION TO KAZAKHSTAN
20 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
20 September 2012
3rd UNOSDP YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMP
20 September 2012
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: EXPERT GROUP WELCOMES EFFORTS IN PAKISTAN, BUT SAYS “SERIOUS CHALLENGES REMAIN”
20 September 2012
UN EXPERTS ON IRAN AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION CONCERNED OVER SITUATION OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN THE COUNTRY
20 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF ARGENTINA
20 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON THE UNITED KINGDOM, INDIA AND BRAZIL
20 September 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT WELCOMES LATEST RELEASE OF PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN MYANMAR
20 September 2012
“NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH, STOP SABRE-RATTLING,” NEW UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
19 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON MOROCCO, INDONESIA AND FINLAND
19 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES THE REPORT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
19 September 2012
OPENING REMARKS BY UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE DURING HER MISSION TO ALGERIA
19 September 2012
VIOLENT PROTESTS IN RESPONSE TO ANTI-ISLAMIC FILM CONDEMNED BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY
19 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON BAHRAIN, ECUADOR AND TUNISIA
19 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF CHINA
19 September 2012
FIRST VISIT TO NAMIBIA BY A UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
18 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH VICE-CHAIRPERSON OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
18 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF LIBERIA
18 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
18 September 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 September 2012
COUNCIL STARTS DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND EXPERT MECHANISM ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
18 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF NAVI PILLAY WELCOMES REPORT ON 2010 POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THAILAND
17 September 2012
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL SAYS HAITI IS AT A CROSSROADS
17 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS REQUIRING THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
17 September 2012
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF NAVI PILLAY VISITS ALGERIA, 17-19 SEPTEMBER
17 September 2012
NAVI PILLAY CONDEMNS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND AMPUTATIONS IN NORTHERN MALI
17 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OPENS EIGHTH SESSION
17 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH CHAIR OF INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON SYRIA
17 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS ITS SIXTY-FIRST SESSION
17 September 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GAMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
17 September 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
14 September 2012
NAVI PILLAY CALLS ON ALL STATES TO PLEDGE TO STRENGTHEN THE RULE OF LAW, BASED ON FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES
14 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES ITS SEVENTEENTH SESSION
14 September 2012
COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON THEMATIC REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
14 September 2012
PILLAY CONCERNED BY SPREADING VIOLENCE IN WAKE OF “MALICIOUS AND PROVOCATIVE” FILM
14 September 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 September 2012
COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON REPORTS BY SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HIGH COMMISSIONER AND ON THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
13 September 2012
COUNCIL DISCUSSES INTIMIDATION OR REPRISALS AGAINST PERSONS WHO COOPERATE WITH THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS
13 September 2012
FIRST MISSION TO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BY THE UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES
13 September 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES 2012 SESSION
13 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND WASTE AND ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY
13 September 2012
THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
13 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HOLDS SIXTY-FIRST SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 17 SEPTEMBER TO 5 OCTOBER 2012
13 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HOLDS EIGHTH SESSION FROM 17 TO 28 SEPTEMBER
13 September 2012
“APPLY INTERNATIONAL LAW UNIFORMLY AND NOT À LA CARTE,” NEW UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT URGES WORLD GOVERNMENTS
12 September 2012
MOROCCO: FIRST VISIT BY UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE
12 September 2012
“LET’S SEIZE THE CHANCE TO BUILD A NEW SOMALIA,” UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS ON NEW AUTHORITIES
12 September 2012
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON EXTREME POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND ON SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
12 September 2012
COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND PROMOTION OF AN EQUITABLE INTERNATIONAL ORDER
12 September 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF OMAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
12 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF ALL MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES HOLD MEETING WITH STATES PARTIES
12 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES CONSIDERS REPORT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
12 September 2012
EGYPT: “EVIDENCE OBTAINED THROUGH TORTURE IS INADMISSIBLE” SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
11 September 2012
USA / INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: “NEW MEASURES NEEDED FOR RECONCILIATION AND TO ADDRESS HISTORICAL WRONGS”
11 September 2012
PILLAY URGES VENEZUELA TO RECONSIDER WITHDRAWAL FROM AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
11 September 2012
REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH H.E. MS. EVELINE WIDMER-SCHLUMPF, PRESIDENT OF THE SWISS CONFEDERATION
11 September 2012
REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO THE PARLIAMENT OF SWITZERLAND
11 September 2012
COUNCIL STARTS DIALOGUE WITH WORKING GROUP ON THE USE OF MERCENARIES AND SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE PROMOTION OF TRUTH
11 September 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 September 2012
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
11 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES CONSIDERS REPORT OF RWANDA
11 September 2012
NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT LEILA ZERROUGUI DELIVERS STATEMENT TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
11 September 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT
11 September 2012
“TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IS NOT A ‘SOFT’ FORM OF JUSTICE,” SAYS NEW UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR PABLO DE GREIFF
11 September 2012
BOLIVIA: “SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, BUT IMPORTANT CHALLENGES REMAIN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST RACISM”, SAYS UN EXPERT
10 September 2012
STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AT A RECEPTION MARKING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF SWITZERLAND JOINING THE UNITED NATIONS
10 September 2012
PUBLIC LECTURE BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ORGANIZED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA AND THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
10 September 2012
THE LONDON GAMES MAY BE OVER BUT THEIR LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE
10 September 2012
REMARKS AT UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA LIBRARY ON THE 85TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DONATION BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER TO ENDOW THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS LIBRARY
10 September 2012
COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER, REPORTS OF HER OFFICE AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
10 September 2012
NAVI PILLAY ON ‘BEARING WITNESS: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN SYRIA’
10 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS OPENS SEVENTEENTH SESSION
10 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS TWENTY-FIRST SESSION AND HEARS ADDRESS BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL
10 September 2012
NAVI PILLAY TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: NUMEROUS HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO PERSIST AND PREOCCUPY US
10 September 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE SALE AND EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN CONCLUDES HER MISSION TO HONDURAS (Spanish only)
10 September 2012
STATEMENT BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
10 September 2012
LIBYA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS CALL FOR A SWIFT AND RIGOROUS RESPONSE TO THE DESTRUCTION OF SUFI SITES
7 September 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 September 2012
RIGHT TO EDUCATION: UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL MISSION TO ECUADOR
7 September 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DISMAYED AT LONG JAIL TERMS FOR BAHRAINI ACTIVISTS
5 September 2012
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS ON OFFICIAL MISSION TO PAKISTAN
5 September 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HOLDS SEVENTEENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 10 TO 14 SEPTEMBER 2012
5 September 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ICELAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
4 September 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LUXEMBOURG PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
4 September 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
4 September 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT
4 September 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 September 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS TWENTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION FROM 10 TO 28 SEPTEMBER
3 September 2012
“IMPROVE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR THE POOR” UNITED NATIONS EXPERT TELLS WORLD GOVERNMENTS
3 September 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF HONDURAS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
31 August 2012
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM TO VISIT BOLIVIA FROM 4 TO 10 SEPTEMBER
31 August 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES EIGHTY-FIRST SESSION
31 August 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 August 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS DESPITE LAUDABLE EFFORTS, MANY CHILDREN ARE STILL VICTIMS OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN GUATEMALA (Spanish only)
30 August 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS GAMBIA EXECUTIONS ARE AN UNFORTUNATE SETBACK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION
30 August 2012
UN EXPERT SAYS THE RACHEL CORRIE VERDICT IN ISRAEL IS A DEFEAT FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND A VICTORY FOR IMPUNITY
30 August 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT STRONGLY CONDEMNS ONGOING EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ AND REITERATES CALL TO HALT THEM
29 August 2012
JOINT STATEMENT MARKING SECOND UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
29 August 2012
UN EXPERTS SAY FRANCE MUST COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL NON-DISCRIMINATION STANDARDS ON ROMA EVICTIONS AND EXPULSIONS
29 August 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES RIGHTS
29 August 2012
UN ALARMED OVER KILLINGS IN MASISI TERRITORY IN DR CONGO
29 August 2012
UN SUPPORTS THE 2012 LONDON PARALYMPIC GAMES TO PURSUE INCLUSIVE AND PEACEFUL SOCIETIES
28 August 2012
COMMITTTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSES RACIST HATE SPEECH
28 August 2012
DEATH ROW/GAMBIA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES GAMBIA TO STOP AN ARBITRARY STREAM OF EXECUTIONS
28 August 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES THEMATIC DEBATE ON REVITALIZATION OF ITS WORK AND TAKES UP ITS DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT
28 August 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 August 2012
UN RIGHTS EXPERT ON SALE AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN LAUNCHES FIRST MISSION TO HONDURAS
27 August 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES REPORT OF LIECHTENSTEIN
27 August 2012
2012 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA
24 August 2012
ARBITRARY DETENTION: EXPERT PANEL TO DISCUSS OVER 30 CASES FROM 21 COUNTRIES
24 August 2012
COMMITTTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES REPORT OF FINLAND
24 August 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 August 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS DEMAND END TO CAMPAIGN OF PERSECUTION AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN BAHRAIN
23 August 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES REPORT OF AUSTRIA
22 August 2012
UNITED STATES: UN EXPERT CALLS FOR CONSULTATIONS WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OVER PRIVATE LAND SALE IN SOUTH DAKOTA
22 August 2012
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: EXEMPLARY PROGRESS AND SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES IN CHILE
22 August 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
22 August 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GUATEMALA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
22 August 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
22 August 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES REVITALIZING ITS WORK
21 August 2012
SENIOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL TO VISIT HAITI
21 August 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 August 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SPEAKS ABOUT HIS MISSION TO EL SALVADOR (in Spanish only)
21 August 2012
TUNISIA: NEW GOVERNMENT SHOULD STRENGTHEN EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS, SAY UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS
17 August 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 August 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MADAGASCAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
16 August 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS SITUATION OF BELIZE IN ABSENCE OF A REPORT
16 August 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES REPORT OF FIJI
16 August 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON SALE AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN TO VISIT GUATEMALA FROM 20 TO 29 AUGUST
15 August 2012
STATEMENT BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION AT THE END OF HIS MISSION TO HONDURAS (in Spanish)
15 August 2012
COMMITTTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES REPORT OF SENEGAL
14 August 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 August 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NEW TYPES OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, COMPREHENSIVE DISARMAMENT AND TRANSPARENCY IN ARMAMENTS
13 August 2012
UN IGNITES THE FLAME OF SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS
10 August 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES NINTH SESSION
10 August 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS SEVEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
10 August 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES REPORT OF THAILAND
10 August 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 August 2012
FIRST VISIT BY UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS TO EL SALVADOR
9 August 2012
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS TO CARRY OUT OFFICIAL MISSION TO CHILE
9 August 2012
UN EXPERT SAYS THE SEVERE INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT CRISIS IN SYRIA IS DUE TO DISREGARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW
9 August 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES REPORT OF TAJIKISTAN
9 August 2012
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO REPORTS ON RIGHT TO PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND NEW PRIORITIES
9 August 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CALLS FOR DIALOGUE ON THE MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES OF NORTH CAUCA IN COLOMBIA (spanish only)
8 August 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TAKES UP THE RIGHT TO FOOD OF URBAN POOR AND RURAL WOMEN
8 August 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS SAY THE MEDIA PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN EMPOWERING INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
8 August 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SEEKS PROTECTION FOR JOURNALISTS IN HONDURAS
8 August 2012
COMMITTTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES REPORT OF ECUADOR
8 August 2012
UNITED NATIONS REPORT SAYS CONFLICT IN AFGHANISTAN CONTINUES TO TAKE A DEVASTATING TOLL ON CIVILIANS
7 August 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY DISCUSSES TERRORIST HOSTAGE-TAKING AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
7 August 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NEGATIVE SECURITY ASSURANCES
7 August 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 August 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TRADITIONAL VALUES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
6 August 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OPENS NINTH SESSION
6 August 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS EIGHTY-FIRST SESSION
6 August 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS MYANMAR HAS MADE CONSIDERABLE ACHIEVEMENTS BUT SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES REMAIN
3 August 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 August 2012
Transcript of the Press Conference by JSE Kofi Annan
2 August 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS NINTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 6 to 10 AUGUST 2012
2 August 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HOLDS EIGHTY-FIRST SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 6 TO 31 AUGUST 2012
2 August 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS SAY STATES MUST CONFRONT MODERN-DAY HATRED, VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ROMA
31 July 2012
UN EXPERT SAYS DURABLE, HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED SOLUTIONS AND SECURITY ARE ESSENTIAL TO RESOLVE INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE
31 July 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE
31 July 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 July 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ENDS SESSION BY ADOPTING OBSERVATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS ARISING FROM EIGHT COUNTRY REPORTS (N.Y.)
27 July 2012
TIME IS RIPE FOR FIRST LEGALLY-BINDING ARMS TRADE TREATY SAYS UN EXPERT
27 July 2012
UN EXPERT CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE HALT TO EXECUTIONS AND SURROUNDING SECRECY IN IRAQ
27 July 2012
MYANMAR: NAVI PILLAY ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN RAKHINE STATE
27 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ONE-HUNDRED AND FIFTH SESSION
27 July 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 July 2012
NAVI PILLAY WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AS SYRIA CONFLICT ESCALATES
26 July 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BHUTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
26 July 2012
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$1.3 BILLION
25 July 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS KIRIBATI MUST URGENTLY PRIORITISE SANITATION TO SAVE LIVES
25 July 2012
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT LONDON IN CONNECTION WITH OLYMPIC GAMES
25 July 2012
MYANMAR VISIT BY UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
24 July 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 July 2012
COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS BY RAPPORTEURS ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND TO INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS
23 July 2012
CAMEROON: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR URGES STRICTER TAXES FOR COMPANIES DRAWING ON NATURAL RESOURCES TO BETTER TACKLE HUNGER
20 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WORKING METHODS
20 July 2012
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERT MEETING CONCLUDES
20 July 2012
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION VISITS KIRIBATI
20 July 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 July 2012
ISRAEL’S USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AGAINST CHILDREN “IS INHUMANE, CRUEL, DEGRADING AND UNLAWFUL” SAYS UN EXPERT
20 July 2012
UN EXPERT TO EXAMINE ISSUE OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE
20 July 2012
UNITED NATIONS BODY CONCERNED ABOUT TREATMENT OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN DETAINED IN ISRAEL
19 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS WORKING METHODS
19 July 2012
UN EXPERT URGES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY: “DON’T TURN YOUR BACK IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TUVALU”
19 July 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR WEST AFRICA – 19 JULY 2012 (in French)
19 July 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SRI LANKA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
18 July 2012
KILLINGS OF WOMEN IN PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN “TRAGIC REMINDER OF AN INCREASING GLOBAL CONCERN”
18 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXAMINES THE REPORT OF KENYA
18 July 2012
NAVI PILLAY CONCERNED ABOUT NEW LAWS RESTRICTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN RUSSIA
18 July 2012
NAVI PILLAY ALARMED BY ‘CLIMATE OF INTIMIDATION’ AGAINST RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND JOURNALISTS IN ETHIOPIA
17 July 2012
DEATH ROW: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES TO STOP EXECUTION OF TWO PERSONS WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES
17 July 2012
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UN INFORMATION SERVICE IN GENEVA
17 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS COMBINED SECOND AND THIRD REPORTS OF ARMENIA
17 July 2012
NAVI PILLAY: TRIAL FOR MURDER OF DRC HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER MUST RESPECT DUE PROCESS
16 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARS FROM THE EXPERT MECHANISM ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
13 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS INTIAL REPORT OF THE MALDIVES
13 July 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 July 2012
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS STUDY OVER 200 CASES – 13 UNDER THEIR URGENT ACTION PROCEDURE
13 July 2012
RESETTLEMENT AND LAND REFORM “KEY CHALLENGES FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF PEACE AND STABILITY IN RWANDA”
13 July 2012
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERTS TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 16 TO 20 JULY
12 July 2012
STATEMENT BY SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE, WILFRIED LEMKE, ON SAUDI ARABIAN FEMALE ATHLETES COMPETING AT THE LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES
12 July 2012
“RUSSIA’S DRAFT LAW ON NON-COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS DETRIMENTAL TO CIVIL SOCIETY” SAY UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS
12 July 2012
OPENING REMARKS BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY AT PRESS CONFERENCE DURING HER MISSION TO KAZAKHSTAN
12 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WORKING METHODS
12 July 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RIGHT TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION LAUNCHES FIRST MISSION TO TUVALU
12 July 2012
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR VISITS CAMEROON TO ASSESS PROGRESS MADE SINCE THE 2008 FOOD CRISIS
11 July 2012
Transcript of the stakeout by Joint Special Envoy Annan - Geneva, 11 July 2012
11 July 2012
UNITED NATIONS SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH 2015 GWANGJU UNIVERSIADE ORGANIZERS
11 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF LITHUANIA
10 July 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 July 2012
STATES MUST INTENSIFY EFFORTS TO MEET UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS BY 2015 DEADLINE
10 July 2012
OPENING REMARKS BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE DURING HER MISSION TO KYRGYZSTAN
10 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF ICELAND
10 July 2012
“A VERY DARK FUTURE FOR THE LOCAL POPULATIONS IN NORTHERN MALI,” WARN UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS
9 July 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CELEBRATES THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY (New York)
9 July 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS URGE PHILIPPINES TO PROTECT RIGHTS DEFENDERS FROM A GROWING WAVE OF ATTACKS AND KILLINGS
9 July 2012
GENERIC DRUGS: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON HEALTH HAILS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S REJECTION OF ANTI-COUNTERFEITING AGREEMENT
9 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH SESSION
9 July 2012
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS TO STUDY MORE THAN 200 CASES FROM OVER 30 COUNTRIES
6 July 2012
COUNCIL NAMES INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND MEMBERS OF FACT-FINDING MISSION ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
6 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES TWENTIETH REGULAR SESSION
6 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL APPOINTS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ERITREA, EXTENDS MANDATES ON CÔTE D’IVORE AND SOMALIA
6 July 2012
NAVI PILLAY TO VISIT KYRGYZSTAN AND KAZAKHSTAN FROM 8 TO 12 JULY
6 July 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 July 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON MYANMAR WELCOMES NEW AMNESTY AND CALLS FOR THE RELEASE OF ALL PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
5 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS ITS ONE-HUNDREDTH AND FIFTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 9 TO 27 JULY
5 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ESTABLISHES WORKING GROUP TO NEGOTIATE A DRAFT DECLARATION ON THE RIGHT TO PEACE
5 July 2012
COUNCIL APPOINTS A SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON BELARUS, ADOPTS 12 RESOLUTIONS ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
4 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS
3 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI
3 July 2012
STATES MUST TACKLE RACIST ATTACKS BY EXTREMIST GROUPS, FROM POLITICAL TO SPORTING ARENAS, SAYS UNITED NATIONS ANTI-RACISM EXPERT
3 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM
3 July 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 July 2012
UNITED NATIONS HOUSING RIGHTS EXPERT TO VISIT TO RWANDA - 5-13 JULY 2012
2 July 2012
COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATES ON SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES AND ON THE VIENNA DECLARATION
2 July 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
2 July 2012
TURKEY-EUROPEAN UNION COOPERATION ON MIGRATION MUST PRIORITISE HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
2 July 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BELGIUM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
2 July 2012
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG SAYS CONFRONTING THE CRISIS IN THE SAHEL IS A PRIORITY
2 July 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FINLAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
2 July 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP CALLS FOR URGENT ACTIONS TO ADVANCE WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS DURING POLITICAL TRANSITIONS
30 June 2012
OPENING REMARKS BY JOINT SPECIAL ENVOY KOFI ANNAN AT THE MEETING OF THE ACTION GROUP FOR SYRIA
30 June 2012
Transcript of the press conference by Joint Special Envoy Annan - Meeting of Action Group on Syria - Geneva, 30 June 2012
30 June 2012
CONCLUDING REMARKS BY JOINT SPECIAL ENVOY ANNAN - MEETING OF ACTION GROUP ON SYRIA - 30 June 2012 - Geneva
30 June 2012
Final communiqué of the Action Group for Syria - Geneva, Saturday 30 June 2012
29 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATES ON HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS AND ON THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
29 June 2012
BUSINESS MUST RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS FOR TRULY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT BODY ON RIO+20
29 June 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN A MULTICULTURAL CONTEXT
29 June 2012
RIO+20: “NOW IS TIME TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION”
28 June 2012
2ND UNOSDP YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMP SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDES IN GERMANY: ‘I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS EXPERIENCE’ SAYS PARTICIPANT FROM ZIMBABWE
28 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS REQUIRING THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
28 June 2012
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS CONDEMN ONGOING EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
28 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS REQUIRING THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
28 June 2012
SUDAN PROTESTS: NAVI PILLAY URGES GOVERNMENT RESTRAINT AND RESPECT FOR FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS
27 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSES THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BELARUS
27 June 2012
STATEMENT BY KOFI ANNAN, JOINT SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SYRIA
27 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN SYRIA
27 June 2012
ISRAELI DEMOLITIONS: “NUMBER OF PALESTINIANS AFFECTED HAS INCREASED BY 87%” SAYS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
26 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
26 June 2012
FRANCE ASSUMES PRESIDENCY OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
26 June 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 June 2012
COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
26 June 2012
UN EXPERT CALLS FOR JUSTICE FOR ALL VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING – EVEN THE ‘IMPERFECT’ ONES
26 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL FOCUSES ON WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN SECOND HALF OF ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS
26 June 2012
STATEMENT BY THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE, AND THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE
25 June 2012
STATEMENT OF MS. NAVI PILLAY, UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT
25 June 2012
COUNCIL STARTS ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS, FOCUSING ON REMEDIES AND REPARATIONS FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
25 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS AND ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
25 June 2012
VICTIMS OF TORTURE MUST NOT FACE REPRISALS FOR SEEKING REDRESS THROUGH THE UNITED NATIONS
25 June 2012
UN REPORT ISSUED ON INTER-COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN JONGLEI, SOUTH SUDAN
25 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON CULTURAL RIGHTS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
22 June 2012
‘LIVES CAN BE CHANGED THROUGH SPORT’ SAYS YOUTH PARTICIPANT
22 June 2012
“LIBERTY IS THE RULE, DETENTION IS THE EXCEPTION,” SAYS THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS
22 June 2012
TERRORISM: “IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT COMPENSATION” – UN EXPERT CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL ACTION FOR VICTIMS’ RIGHTS
22 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON CULTURAL RIGHTS AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
22 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS
22 June 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 June 2012
Transcript of the press conference by the Joint Special Envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, and Major-General Robert Mood, head of UNSMIS
21 June 2012
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY: UN EXPERT LAUNCHES STUDY MISSION ON BRAZIL’S “SOLIDARITY DIPLOMACY”
21 June 2012
MINIMUM STANDARDS IN A SHRINKING SPACE FOR PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION
21 June 2012
COUNCIL STARTS DIALOGUE WITH WORKING GROUP ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS
21 June 2012
COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH WORKING GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON FOREIGN DEBT
21 June 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN TIMOR-LESTE
21 June 2012
PARAGUAY: SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTREME POVERTY CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE SOCIAL SPENDING (Spanish only)
21 June 2012
JOURNALISTS SHOULD NOT BE SILENCED, INTIMIDATED, IMPRISONED, TORTURED OR KILLED FOR TELLING “INCONVENIENT” TRUTHS, URGE UN EXPERTS
21 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTREME POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
21 June 2012
OPENING REMARKS BY DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS KYUNG-WHA KANG AT PRESS CONFERENCE DURING MISSION TO MALAWI
21 June 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON MIGRANTS TO VISIT TURKEY FOR STUDY INTO MIGRATATION AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
20 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON FREEDOM OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND ON COUNTERING TERRORISM
20 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION AND ON ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS
20 June 2012
“A BUFFER AGAINST MORE THAN JUST HUNGER” – UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR WELCOMES RIGHT TO FOOD IN RIO+20
19 June 2012
CITING “APPALLING” HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD OF LEADERS OF M23 MUTINEERS IN DRC, NAVI PILLAY FEARS FURTHER ABUSES
19 June 2012
FOREIGN MINISTER OF FINLAND ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
19 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS
19 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS CLUSTERED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON RIGHT TO HEALTH AND RIGHT TO EDUCATION
19 June 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 June 2012
‘SOLIDARITY COOPERATION’ AT RIO+20: “IT IS NOT ABOUT CHARITY,” SAYS UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT
18 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER
18 June 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER PRESENTS UPDATE ON HER OFFICE’S ACTIVITIES AT OPENING OF TWENTIETH SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
18 June 2012
HIGH-LEVEL UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS VISIT TO MALAWI FROM 18 TO 21 JUNE
15 June 2012
“FURTHER STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN,” SAYS THE UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SUDAN
15 June 2012
SYRIA: “USE OF FORCE CONTINUES WITH AN ALARMING INTENSITY, MEASURES TAKEN INSUFFICIENT” SAY UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS
15 June 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES SIXTIETH SESSION
15 June 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 June 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES METHODS OF REVITALIZATION
14 June 2012
UNITED NATIONS SPORTS ENVOY CONTINUES QUEST TO STRENGTHEN SPORT FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
14 June 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GEORGIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
13 June 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS TENSIONS BETWEEN ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES THREATEN MYANMAR’S DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION
13 June 2012
2012 MEDIA SEMINAR ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE CLOSES IN GENEVA
13 June 2012
MEDIA SEMINAR ON PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST DISCUSSES CIVIL SOCIETY IN MEDIA AND FILM, AND YOUTH ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL MEDIA
13 June 2012
MEDIA SEMINAR ON PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST DISCUSSES THE IMPACT OF THE ARAB SPRING ON MEDIA COVERAGE OF PALESTINE AND THE ROLE OF WOMEN‘S ACTIVISM AND THE MEDIA IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE
13 June 2012
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: UN EXPERT CALLS FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION DESPITE LAST WEEK’S DEADLY ATTACKS
12 June 2012
MEDIA SEMINAR ON PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST OPENS IN GENEVA
12 June 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS THEMATIC DEBATE ON ASSURANCES FOR NON-NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATES
12 June 2012
LABOUR AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: TWO THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND TODAY ON WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR
12 June 2012
UN EXPERT URGES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO SEE BEYOND SECURITY AND BORDER CONTROL IN ITS MIGRATION PARTNERSHIP WITH TUNISIA
12 June 2012
NAVI PILLAY TO SPEAK UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT RIO+20, BRAZIL
12 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS TWENTIETH REGULAR SESSION FROM 18 JUNE TO 6 JULY
12 June 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 June 2012
FIRST MISSION TO KHARTOUM BY THE NEW UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN
8 June 2012
ISRAEL: UN EXPERT CALLS FOR THE RELEASE OF TWO PALESTINIAN PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE DETAINED WITHOUT CHARGES
8 June 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THREE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING THE TWENTIETH ROUND
8 June 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HEARS REPORT OF ALGERIA
8 June 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 June 2012
UN RIGHTS EXPERTS CALL FOR THE PROTECTION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WORKING FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN MALAYSIA
7 June 2012
STATEMENT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE SITUATION IN SYRIA
7 June 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF GREECE ON SALE OF CHILDREN AND ON CHILDREN INVOLVED IN ARMED CONFLICT
7 June 2012
OPENING REMARKS BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT PRESS CONFERENCE DURING HER MISSION TO PAKISTAN
6 June 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF GREECE
6 June 2012
RIO+20: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES GOVERNMENTS NOT TO SIDELINE THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION
5 June 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF AUSTRALIA ON SALE OF CHILDREN AND ON CHILDREN INVOLVED IN ARMED CONFLICT
5 June 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS THEMATIC DISCUSSION ON PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE
5 June 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HEARS REPORT OF AUSTRALIA
5 June 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 June 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF NEPAL ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN AND CHILD PROSTITUTION
4 June 2012
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF NAVI PILLAY VISITS PAKISTAN FROM 4 TO 7 JUNE
4 June 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AFGHANISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
1 June 2012
COUNCIL CONCLUDES SPECIAL SESSION ON DETERIORATING HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN SYRIA AND THE RECENT KILLINGS IN EL HOULEH
1 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REQUESTS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO CONDUCT A SPECIAL INQUIRY IN THE EVENTS IN EL HOULEH
1 June 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF TURKEY
1 June 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION
1 June 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1 June 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION ON SYRIA
1 June 2012
STATEMENT BY NAVI PILLAY, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 19TH SPECIAL SESSION ON "THE DETERIORATING HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC AND THE KILLINGS IN EL-HOULEH" Geneva, 1 June 2012
1 June 2012
NAVI PILLAY: MILITIA LEADERS RESPONSIBLE FOR UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLC OF CONGO MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
31 May 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF VIET NAM
31 May 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES PROHIBITION OF THE PRODUCTION OF FISSILE MATERIAL FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS
31 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS CHILD RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPALLED AT DELIBERATE TARGETING OF CHILDREN IN SYRIA
31 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES TAJIKISTAN TO INCREASE FINANCING FOR HEALTH AND REFORM MENTAL HEALTH CARE
31 May 2012
MIGRANTS AND THE MEDITERRANEAN: UN EXPERT TO VISIT TUNISIA AS PART OF A STUDY ON THE EUROPEAN UNION’S EXTERNAL BORDERS
30 May 2012
Transcript of the stakeout by Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Deputy Joint Special Envoy (DJSE) of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis
30 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER RECENT EVENTS IN QUEBEC
30 May 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF CYPRUS
30 May 2012
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / WOMEN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP CALLS FOR COHERENT APPLICATION OF NON-DISCRIMINATION LAWS
30 May 2012
COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION ON THE DETERIORATING HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN SYRIA AND THE KILLINGS IN EL-HOULEH
30 May 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN IRAQ STILL RAISING SERIOUS CONCERNS, SAYS UNITED NATIONS REPORT
29 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS INDEPENDENCE OF JUDICIARY IN PAKISTAN SHOULD BE REINFORCED AS PART OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION
29 May 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF REGULAR BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 May 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS ITS SIXTIETH SESSION
29 May 2012
UN SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT CONCLUDES VISIT TO KENYA AND ANGOLA
29 May 2012
SYRIA: HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS EL HOULEH KILLINGS MAY AMOUNT TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMES
25 May 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UN INFORMATION SERVICE IN GENEVA
25 May 2012
OPENING REMARKS BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE DURING HER MISSION TO ZIMBABWE
25 May 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES NEW TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITIES AND MILITARY IN GUINEA BISSAU TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS
24 May 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HOLDS SIXTIETH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 29 MAY TO 15 JUNE 2012
24 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS
24 May 2012
GABON: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES ACTION TO TACKLE TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN FROM WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA
23 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF CUBA
23 May 2012
RIGHT TO HEALTH: UN EXPERT APPEALS FOR ‘HEALTHVISION’ IN AZERBAIJAN DURING EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
23 May 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ZAMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA-
23 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS RAISE ALARM ABOUT LAND DEVELOPMENT MEGA-PROJECTS IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
22 May 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS THEMATIC DISCUSSION ON CESSATION OF THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
22 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF CANADA
22 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE STARTS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF CUBA
22 May 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT TO FOCUS ON THE RIGHT TO HEALTH IN TAJIKISTAN
21 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE STARTS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF CANADA
21 May 2012
TAJIKISTAN: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS FOR CLEAR PLEDGE TO ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’ OF TORTURE
18 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON FOREIGN DEBT TELLS LATVIA THAT ANY MEASURE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND STABILISATION MUST BENEFIT ALL
18 May 2012
“IT IS CRUCIAL TO ADDRESS WHO AND WHAT SHAPES THE INTERNET TODAY” – UN EXPERT ON CULTURAL RIGHTS
18 May 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 May 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION
18 May 2012
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP LAUNCHES FIRST MISSION TO REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
18 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS VISIT LIBYA TO PROBE USE OF MERCENARIES DURING RECENT CONFLICT
18 May 2012
INDEPENDENCE OF JUDICIARY: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ANNOUNCES COUNTRY MISSION TO PAKISTAN
16 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT SAYS NATIONAL FOOD STRATEGY CAN ERADICATE HUNGER AMIDST PLENTY IN CANADA
16 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF RWANDA
16 May 2012
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF AFRICAN UNION PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
16 May 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ALGERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
16 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS SITUATION IN SYRIA IN THE ABSENCE OF A REPORT
15 May 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 May 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SEYCHELLES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
15 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
15 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE STARTS CONSIDERATION OF INITIAL REPORT OF RWANDA
15 May 2012
PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
15 May 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW TO COMMENCE SECOND CYCLE WITH THIRTEENTH WORKING GROUP SESSION TO BE HELD FROM 21 MAY TO 4 JUNE 2012
14 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE MEETS WITH STATES PARTIES TO DISCUSS WORKING METHODS
14 May 2012
MEXICO: INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL EXPERTS URGE SWIFT ACTION TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND JOURNALISTS
14 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE STARTS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF CZECH REPUBLIC
14 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT TO PROBE RIGHTS DIMENSION IN HEALTH FINANCING AND THE FIGHT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS IN AZERBAIJAN
14 May 2012
NAVI PILLAY TO CONDUCT FIRST EVER VISIT BY A UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO ZIMBABWE FROM 20 TO 25 MAY
14 May 2012
G-8 / EU: “A GLOBAL FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TAX, A HUMAN RIGHTS IMPERATIVE NOW MORE THAN EVER”
11 May 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER WELCOMES SOUTH SUDAN’S COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT SAYS MUCH STILL HAS TO BE DONE IN WORLD’S NEWEST STATE
11 May 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TO CAMBODIA: “HUMAN RIGHTS NEED TO BE AT THE HEART OF LAND CONCESSIONS FOR POSITIVE IMPACT”
11 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSES OF ARMENIA
11 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE DISCUSSES WAYS TO ENHANCE COOPERATION WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
11 May 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 May 2012
URGENT SECURITY AND JUSTICE REFORM NEEDED IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
11 May 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES ASEAN TO SET THE BAR HIGH WITH ITS REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION
10 May 2012
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION EVER TO GABON BY A UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT
10 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSES OF GREECE
10 May 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF ETHIOPIA
10 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE STARTS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF ARMENIA
10 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO ASSESS IMPACT OF EU/IMF STABILISATION PROGRAMME IN LATVIA
9 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES TUNISIA TO PLACE HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION AT THE HEART OF ITS REFORMS
9 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSES OF ALBANIA
9 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE STARTS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF GREECE
9 May 2012
FIRST MISSION TO TAJIKISTAN BY UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE
8 May 2012
Transcript of the stakeout by the Joint Special Envoy (JSE) of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis
8 May 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF ALBANIA
8 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE MEETS WITH SUBCOMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE
8 May 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF SPAIN
8 May 2012
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
8 May 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UNITED KINGDOM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
7 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION
7 May 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF NEW ZEALAND
7 May 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALAYSIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
4 May 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT SOUTH SUDAN FROM 8 TO 12 MAY
4 May 2012
IRAN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS CONDEMN HARSH SENTENCING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
4 May 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 May 2012
ALGERIA: UPCOMING ELECTIONS MUST ADDRESS CIVIL SOCIETY’S LEGITIMATE DEMANDS ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
3 May 2012
GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES ITS SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION
3 May 2012
BURUNDI: SENIOR UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN
3 May 2012
EU BORDER MANAGEMENT: UN EXPERT LAUNCHES ONE-YEAR STUDY TO ASSESS MIGRANTS’ RIGHTS - FIRST STOP, BRUSSELS
3 May 2012
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HOLDS FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 7 MAY TO 1 JUNE 2012
3 May 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF PERU
3 May 2012
CANADA: HUNGER AMIDST PLENTY? FIRST VISIT TO A DEVELOPED COUNTRY BY THE UNITED NATIONS RIGHT TO FOOD EXPERT
2 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF LEGITIMATE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN MOGADISHU AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOMALIA
2 May 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF SLOVAKIA
2 May 2012
ISRAEL: UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT RAISES ALARM OVER PALESTINIAN PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE IN ISRAELI PRISONS
1 May 2012
CAMBODIA: UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TO FOCUS VISIT ON ECONOMIC AND OTHER LAND CONCESSIONS
1 May 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 April 2012
SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 1 TO 3 MAY
30 April 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS DISCUSSION WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
30 April 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION
30 April 2012
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF CHINESE ACTIVIST AND HIS FAMILY
27 April 2012
VISIT BY THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION TO TUNISIA (In French only)
27 April 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES SIXTEENTH SESSION
27 April 2012
THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE IN GENEVA RELEASES ITS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2011
27 April 2012
SENIOR UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL TO VISIT BURUNDI AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
27 April 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 April 2012
PAPUA NEW GUINEA AUTHORITIES MUST RESPECT JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, SAYS NAVI PILLAY
26 April 2012
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CALLS FOR BETTER PROTECTION OF CULTURAL RIGHTS AND DIVERSITY
26 April 2012
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS TAYLOR VERDICT “IMMENSELY SIGNIFICANT”
26 April 2012
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION FROM 30 APRIL TO 18 MAY IN GENEVA
26 April 2012
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $1.02 BILLION
25 April 2012
NEW RESTRICTIONS ON NGOS ARE UNDERMINING HUMAN RIGHTS, SAYS NAVI PILLAY
25 April 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SIERRA LEONE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
25 April 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON TOXIC WASTE SAYS SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK ARE NOT YET A REALITY FOR MILLIONS OF WORKERS
24 April 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 April 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BULGARIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
23 April 2012
USA: “MOVING AWAY FROM THE CRIMINALIZATION OF HOMELESSNESS, A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION” SAY UN EXPERTS
20 April 2012
UN LAUNCHES FOLLOW-UP MISSION TO USA ON NUCLEAR LEGACY IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
20 April 2012
FIRST MISSION TO THE USA BY THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
20 April 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ADOPTS CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON THE INITIAL REPORT OF PERU
20 April 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 April 2012
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES CONSIDERS REPORT OF TAJIKISTAN
18 April 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES STATES TO INJECT HUMAN RIGHTS INTO RIO+20
17 April 2012
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES FURTHER ACTION TO PROTECT VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING
17 April 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES SUDAN AND SOUTH SUDAN TO PULL BACK FROM THE BRINK
17 April 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF PERU
17 April 2012
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES CONSIDERS REPORT OF PARAGUAY
17 April 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 April 2012
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON SYRIA WELCOMES ARRIVAL OF OBSERVERS TO MONITOR THE CEASEFIRE IN SYRIA
16 April 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LITHUANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
16 April 2012
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES OPENS SIXTEENTH SESSION
16 April 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OPENS SEVENTH SESSION
16 April 2012
UNITED NATIONS ANTI-RACISM BODY RULES THAT DENMARK FAILED TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF RACIST ATTACK
13 April 2012
INDIA: UN EXPERT HAILS DECISION BY SUPREME COURT UPHOLDING THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR ALL
13 April 2012
BAHRAIN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ABDULHADI AL-KHAWAJA
13 April 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 April 2012
FIRST MISSION TO RUSSIA BY UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CULTURAL RIGHTS
12 April 2012
UN COUNTER-TERRORISM EXPERT REGRETS UNITED STATES PREVENTION OF OVERSIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
12 April 2012
Transcript of Press Conference by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon at Palais des Nations in Geneva on 12 April 2012
12 April 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO HOLD SEVENTH SESSION FROM 16 TO 20 APRIL 2012
12 April 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HOLDS SIXTEENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 16 TO 27 APRIL 2012
12 April 2012
SUDAN: HIGH COMMISSIONNER CONDEMNS INFLAMMATORY STATEMENTS BY OFFICIAL, WARNS AGAINST DANGEROUS ESCALATION OF SOUTHERN KORDOFAN CONFLICT
12 April 2012
NAVI PILLAY CALLS FOR MAJOR EFFORT TO HALT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN MALI
11 April 2012
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Joint Special Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan, Geneva, 11 April 2012
11 April 2012
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUSTICE AND ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS MAKE JOINT STATEMENT ON THE MURDER OF LAWYERS IN HONDURAS (Spanish only)
10 April 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 April 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMES HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS IN BARBADOS, CALLS FOR ACTION ON REMAINING GAPS
5 April 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY: "LET'S NOT ACCEPT ANOTHER LOST GENERATION OF ROMA"
5 April 2012
RELIGIOUS ISSUES IN CYPRUS HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE OVERSIMPLIFIED: UN EXPERT
5 April 2012
Highlights of the Press Briefing by Ahmad Fawzi, Spokesperson for United Nations and Arab League Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan
5 April 2012
UN EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING LAUNCHES FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
4 April 2012
INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE CLOSES ITS TWO-DAY SESSION
4 April 2012
MEETING ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE DISCUSSES POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE CONTEXT OF POLITICAL PROCESSES
4 April 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CRITICIZES LIBEL AND DEFAMATION SENTENCES GIVEN TO COLOMBIAN JOURNALIST (Only available in Spanish)
4 April 2012
INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE DISCUSSES TORTURE AND ILL TREATMENT IN ISRAELI PLACES OF DETENTION
4 April 2012
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT RE-APPOINTED FOR A FITH YEAR
4 April 2012
CRUCIAL TIME FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHAD
3 April 2012
HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN HELD IN ISRAELI JAILS AND DETENTION FACILITIES, UNITED NATIONS MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE TOLD
3 April 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 April 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON SLAVERY URGES AUTHORITIES TO INVESTIGATE THE SUICIDE OF A MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKER IN LEBANON
3 April 2012
THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE OPENS IN GENEVA
2 April 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
2 April 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SPAIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
2 April 2012
RIGHT TO FOOD EXPERT: SUMMIT IN NAIROBI TO ASSESS PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
30 March 2012
EXPERTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSS WAYS TO TRANSFORM, STRENGTHEN TREATY BODY SYSTEM, AS SESSION CONCLUDES
30 March 2012
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES CONCLUDES SECOND SESSION
30 March 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 March 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS IN INDIA
30 March 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR WEST AFRICA, ON THE SITUATION IN MALI (in French)
30 March 2012
NAVI PILLAY TO VISIT BARBADOS IN FIRST EVER VISIT BY UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN STATES
30 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS THAT SUNDAY’S BY-ELECTIONS IN MYANMAR WILL BE A KEY TEST OF THE DEMOCRATIC REFORM PROCESS
30 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THE NUCLEAR LEGACY IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS ARE NOMADS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY
29 March 2012
NINETEENTH ROUND OF GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS CONCLUDES
29 March 2012
DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT CHAD AND NIGER
29 March 2012
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES MEETS WITH MEMBER STATES, UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
28 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE
28 March 2012
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF PRAISES CONDUCT OF SENEGAL ELECTION, URGES MALI AND GUINEA-BISSAU TO FOLLOW SUIT
27 March 2012
THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES REPORTING ON HIS MISSION TO COSTA RICA (In Spanish)
27 March 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 March 2012
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Joint Special Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan
27 March 2012
FOREIGN MINISTER OF MONGOLIA ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
27 March 2012
CYPRUS/FREEDOM OF RELIGION: FIRST EVER MISSION TO CYPRUS BY A UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT
27 March 2012
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: “ACCOUNTABILITY, RATHER THAN IMPUNITY, FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN”
26 March 2012
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPARANCES OPENS SECOND SESSION
23 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES NINETEENTH SESSION
23 March 2012
COUNCIL ADOPTS 16 TEXTS ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, SOMALIA, HAITI, YEMEN, GUINEA AND LIBYA
23 March 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATES OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MYANMAR AND THE COMMISISON OF INQUIRY ON SYRIA
22 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 11 RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
22 March 2012
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES TO HOLD SECOND SESSION FROM 26 TO 30 MARCH 2012
22 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS SEVEN TEXTS ON SRI LANKA, ADEQUATE HOUSING, RIGHT TO FOOD, AND EXTENDS THE MANDATE ON CULTURAL RIGHTS
21 March 2012
MARSHALL ISLANDS / TOXIC WASTE: FIRST MISSION BY UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT ON HAZARDOUS WASTE
21 March 2012
COUNCIL ENDORSES REPORT OF TASK FORCE ON ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
21 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL THEMATIC DISCUSSION ON SHARING BEST PRACTICES AND PROMOTING TECHNICAL COOPERATION
21 March 2012
COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE AND GENERAL DEBATE ON COUNTRY REPORTS BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY-GENERAL
21 March 2012
EXPERT WARNS RIO+20: “DO NOT BETRAY YOUR COMMITMENTS ON THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION”
20 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS SAY RACISM IS STILL IGNITING AND FUELLING VIOLENCE AND CONFLICT
20 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA, AND RELATED FORMS OF INTOLERANCE
20 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON GIVING A VOICE TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH OR AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS
20 March 2012
ETHIOPIA ASSUMES PRESIDENCY OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
20 March 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS REPORT DETAILS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING GENERAL ELECTIONS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
20 March 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF INDIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
20 March 2012
“LEAVING PREJUDICE AND RACISM TO SIMMER ON THE BACK BURNER CREATES A REAL RISK OF CONFLICT ERUPTING”
19 March 2012
COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
19 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
19 March 2012
A CALL FOR THE RIGHT TO A LIFE FREE FROM VIOLENCE FOR WOMEN IN SOLOMON ISLANDS
19 March 2012
RIO+20: “NO GLOBAL GOALS WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY” SAY OVER 20 UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS
16 March 2012
Transcript of the stakeout by the United Nations and Arab League Joint Special Representative on Syria, Kofi Annan
16 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES ALL SIDES TO ENSURE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN GUINEA BISSAU
16 March 2012
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS STUDY ABOUT 400 CASES - 29 UNDER ITS URGENT ACTION PROCEDURE
16 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
16 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, HAITI AND ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
16 March 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON LITHUANIA, UGANDA AND TIMOR-LESTE
16 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS RAPPORTEUR ON SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS ON FIRST OFFICIAL MISSION TO INDIA
16 March 2012
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT IN FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA
16 March 2012
NAVI PILLAY: THIS IS A CRITICAL PERIOD IN GUATEMALA'S HISTORY
15 March 2012
COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEWS OF VENEZUELA, ICELAND AND ZIMBABWE
15 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON IRELAND, TOGO AND SYRIA
15 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON SWAZILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND THAILAND
15 March 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT UNABLE TO REACH CONSENSUS ON DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK
15 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS EXPRESS CONCERN FOR IMPUNITY IN CASES OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES IN MEXICO
14 March 2012
“REPRISALS MUST STOP,” URGE TOP INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
14 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON TAJIKISTAN, TANZANIA AND LIBYA
14 March 2012
NAVI PILLAY: LUBANGA RULING MAJOR MILESTONE IN FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY
14 March 2012
ISRAEL: UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT APPEALS FOR URGENT RELEASE OF PALESTINIAN WOMAN PRISONER ON HUNGER STRIKE
14 March 2012
COUNCIL CONDUCTS DIALOGUE WITH INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES, HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES
14 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL
13 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION
13 March 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION TO COMMEMORATE THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES
13 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES DIALOGUE ON SYRIA AND BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS REQUIRING ITS ATTENTION
13 March 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NEW DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK
12 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS TO STUDY AROUND 400 CASES OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES FROM ALMOST 40 COUNTRIES
12 March 2012
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA
12 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, MYANMAR AND IRAN
12 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN URGES GIVING A VOICE TO THOSE SILENCED BY FEAR IN IRAN
12 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON LIBYA
9 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALGOUE WITH THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON LIBYA
9 March 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES EIGHTIETH SESSION
9 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
9 March 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 March 2012
“'SOLUTIONS' BUILT ON FAULTY FOUNDATIONS” UNITED NATIONS EXPERT WARNS ON THE EVE OF WORLD WATER FORUM
9 March 2012
FIRST VISIT TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
9 March 2012
GENEVA REFERENDUM: “CHANGES TO LAW ON DEMONSTRATIONS THREATEN BASIC FREEDOMS”
8 March 2012
PROTECTING CHILDREN AT RISK OF SALE AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN NATURAL DISASTERS
8 March 2012
COUNCIL DISCUSSES PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY AND CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS
8 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT GUATEMALA FROM 11 TO 15 MARCH 2012
8 March 2012
COUNCIL TAKES UP RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT, CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN AND ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN
8 March 2012
“UNFINISHED PROGRESS” – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT EXAMINES FOOD SYSTEMS IN EMERGING COUNTRIES
8 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS ANNUAL FULL-DAY MEETING ON CHILDREN AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
8 March 2012
WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
8 March 2012
WOMEN IN CRISIS
7 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN AND ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN
7 March 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN WARNS OF VULNERABILITY OF CHILDREN FOLLOWING NATURAL DISASTERS
7 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY
7 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ARBITRARY DETENTION AND ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
7 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CALLS FOR STEP UP IN EFFORTS TO EMPOWER WOMEN, PARTICULARLY RURAL WOMEN
7 March 2012
RELEASE OF GROUNDBREAKING UNITED NATIONS STUDY ON VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION
7 March 2012
NAVI PILLAY: CAPITALIZING ON WOMEN'S POTENTIAL IN TIMES OF CRISIS
6 March 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD PRESENTS REPORT ON HIS MISSION TO MEXICO (in Spanish only)
6 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON RIGHT TO FOOD AND ON ADEQUATE HOUSING
6 March 2012
‘STATE RELIGIONS’ SHOULD NEVER BE USED FOR NATIONAL IDENTITY POLITICS SAYS UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
6 March 2012
COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
6 March 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS PUBLIC PLENARY
6 March 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 March 2012
FIVE WAYS TO TACKLE THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER OF BAD DIETS– UN EXPERT ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
5 March 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION TO TALK ABOUT “RECOGNITION,” REGISTRATION, AND THE ROLE OF THE STATE
5 March 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SAYS ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE RIGHT TO DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS IS NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH
5 March 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ITALY
5 March 2012
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH MANDATE HOLDERS ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
5 March 2012
‘ARAB SPRING’ HIGHLIGHTS RISKS FACED BY HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
5 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON TORTURE AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
5 March 2012
COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY CAN'T FIGHT IMPUNITY ON THEIR OWN SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON TORTURE
5 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON REPORTS BY SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
2 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
2 March 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FIFTY-FIRST SESSION
2 March 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF JORDAN
2 March 2012
PAKISTAN: GOVERNMENT MUST ACT DECISIVELY TO END SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
2 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON HER ANNUAL REPORT
2 March 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT AND HOLDS DEBATE UNDER GENERAL SEGMENT
1 March 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF QATAR
1 March 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
1 March 2012
COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON ESCALATING GRAVE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SYRIA
29 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 16 DIGNITARIES IN ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
29 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
29 February 2012
FOREIGN MINISTER OF ESTONIA, PRESIDENT OF MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO THE MINE BAN CONVENTION ADDRESS CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
29 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ON THE INTERNET
29 February 2012
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT SUPPORTS INITIATIVE TO ALLOW SAFE HEADSCARF IN FOOTBALL
29 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS THIRD DAY OF ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT AND HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 17 DIGNITARIES
28 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 17 DIGNITARIES AS IT CONTINUES ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
28 February 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADDRESSED BY DIGNITARIES OF TEN COUNTRIES
28 February 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
28 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS URGENT DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SYRIA
28 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS MAINSTREAMING AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
28 February 2012
STATEMENT BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY AT THE URGENT DEBATE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 19TH SESSION
28 February 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 February 2012
BANGLADESH OPEN-PIT COAL MINE THREATENS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, WARN UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS
27 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 14 DIGNITARIES AS IT CONTINUES ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
27 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH SPORT AND THE OLYMPIC IDEAL
27 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSSES LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND ITALY WITH NGOS
27 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS NINETEENTH SESSION AND STARTS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
27 February 2012
ZAMBIA : THE PLAYING FIELD FOR FURTHER UNITED NATIONS-OLYMPIC COOPERATION
24 February 2012
SENEGAL: “MAKE EVERYONE HEARD IN THE RUN-UP TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS,” URGE UN EXPERTS
24 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF TURKMENISTAN
24 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES EIGHTH SESSION
24 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS SEVEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
24 February 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TOGO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
24 February 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 February 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NEPAL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
24 February 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FRANCE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
23 February 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OF BANGLADESH
23 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF JORDAN
23 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF CANADA
23 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS AGENDA AND ANNUAL PROGRAMME OF WORK
22 February 2012
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TERRORIST HOSTAGE-TAKING, INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND COOPERATION, AND RIGHT TO FOOD
22 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF ALGERIA
22 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF VIET NAM
22 February 2012
LATVIA: “REJECTION OF RUSSIAN AS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SHOULD INSPIRE DIALOGUE ON MINORITY RIGHTS”
21 February 2012
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TRADITIONAL VALUES, RIGHTS OF PEASANTS AND SEVERE MALNUTRITION AND CHILDHOOD DISEASES
21 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF ZIMBABWE
21 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF PORTUGAL
21 February 2012
TIME FOR ACTION ON EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN, UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS URGE MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT
21 February 2012
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL AND INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT TO VISIT GRASSROOTS SPORTS PROJECTS IN ZAMBIA
21 February 2012
ISRAEL: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT RESTATES CONCERN FOR PALESTINIAN PRISONER ON HUNGER STRIKE AND CALLS FOR HIS IMMEDIATE RELEASE
21 February 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 February 2012
EGYPT ASSUMES PRESIDENCY OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
20 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HEARS FROM NGOS ON SITUATION IN ALGERIA, JORDAN AND ZIMBABWE
20 February 2012
ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT REPORTS ON HIS MISSION TO URUGUAY (Spanish only)
20 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OPENS EIGHTH SESSION
20 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSSES SITUATION IN VIET NAM AND CANADA WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
20 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS NINETEENTH REGULAR SESSION FROM 27 FEBRUARY TO 23 MARCH
17 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF BRAZIL
17 February 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF KUWAIT
16 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF NORWAY
16 February 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS EIGHTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 20 TO 24 FEBRUARY 2012
16 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ISRAEL
15 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF GRENADA
15 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF MEXICO
15 February 2012
HUNGARY’S HOMELESS NEED ROOFS NOT HANDCUFFS, SAY UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS ON POVERTY AND HOUSING
15 February 2012
ISRAEL: RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL HELP FOR PALESTINIAN PRISONER ON HUNGER STRIKE
15 February 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN HONDURAS
14 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
14 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HOLDS MEETING WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
14 February 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS PLENARY, HEARS ADDRESS FROM ITS SECRETARY GENERAL
14 February 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 February 2012
“TRAFFICKING IN INNOCENT SOMALIS MUST STOP,” SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT AFTER BOAT DISASTER IN GULF OF ADEN
14 February 2012
DIRECTOR-GENERAL ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
14 February 2012
“ACT NOW” TO PROTECT SYRIAN POPULATION, NAVI PILLAY TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
13 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
13 February 2012
GEORGIA: UN EXPERT RAISES ALARM ON ARBITRARY RESTRICTIONS AGAINST OPPOSITION, UNIONS AND NGOS
13 February 2012
ISRAEL’S POLICIES VIOLATE RIGHT TO HOUSING AND NEED URGENT REVISION – UN INDEPENDENT RIGHTS EXPERT
13 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS EIGHTIETH SESSION
13 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FIFTY-FIRST SESSION
10 February 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 February 2012
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO CONDUCT FACT-FINDING MISSION TO THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, EGYPT AND JORDAN
9 February 2012
FIRST VISIT BY WORKING GROUP ON THE ISSUE OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN LAW AND IN PRACTICE TO MOROCCO (only in French)
9 February 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RIGHT TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION TO CARRY OUT FIRST MISSION TO URUGUAY
9 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO HOLD EIGHTIETH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 13 FEBRUARY TO 9 MARCH 2012
9 February 2012
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 13 FEBRUARY TO 2 MARCH 2012
8 February 2012
SPAIN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER IMPLICATIONS OF JUDGE GARZÓN CASE
8 February 2012
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES ACTION TO HALT ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN SYRIA
7 February 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CALLS FOR DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE AUTHORITIES AND THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN PANAMA (in Spanish only)
7 February 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES HOW TO END STALEMATE
7 February 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 February 2012
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MYANMAR HAILS REFORMS, BUT WARNS OF “RISK OF BACKTRACKING”
6 February 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-NINTH SESSION
3 February 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 February 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ARGENTINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
3 February 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THAILAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
3 February 2012
GEORGIA: FIRST VISIT BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION
3 February 2012
EL SALVADOR: RIGHT TO SECURITY MUST NOT OVERRIDE RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM ARBITRARY DETENTION, URGES UNITED NATIONS EXPERT BODY
2 February 2012
EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS VISITS HONDURAS
2 February 2012
RIGHTS EXPERTS DISMAYED BY MISUSE OF TERRORISM LAW IN ETHIOPIA TO CURB FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
2 February 2012
SENEGAL: HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES GOVERNMENT, CANDIDATES AND SUPPORTERS TO RENOUNCE VIOLENCE
31 January 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM 13 STATES DURING PLENARY MEETING
31 January 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 January 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
30 January 2012
VISIT TO MYANMAR BY UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT “TAKES PLACE AT AN IMPORTANT TIME IN THE COUNTRY’S HISTORY”
27 January 2012
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES CREATION OF PEACEFUL AND SECURE SPACE FOR POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
27 January 2012
HOUSING EXPERT URGES BRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES TO SUSPEND PINHEIRINHO EVICTIONS AND FIND DURABLE SOLUTIONS WITH RESIDENTS
27 January 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RIGHT TO HOUSING TO VISIT ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
27 January 2012
COMBATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN MUST BE HIGH ON ITALY’S NATIONAL AGENDA SAYS INDEPENDENT EXPERT
27 January 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 January 2012
WHY WE MUST REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST
26 January 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE COOK ISLANDS
26 January 2012
ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF NUTRITION AND GROWTH: NEW FOCUS AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
26 January 2012
DAVOS: “HUMAN RIGHTS-PROOFING” GLOBALIZATION -- UN RIGHT TO FOOD EXPERT
26 January 2012
HAITI/HUMAN RIGHTS: MISSION BY UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT
26 January 2012
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$1,020,000,000
25 January 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD REVIEWS REPORTS OF THAILAND ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN AND ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
25 January 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF THAILAND
24 January 2012
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT THAT IT IS IN DANGER OF SINKING
24 January 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS IRAQ’S EXECUTION OF 34 INDIVIDUALS IN A SINGLE DAY
24 January 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS EARLY ACTION CAN AVERT SAHEL FOOD AND NUTRITION CRISIS
24 January 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF TOGO ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
24 January 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS 2012 SESSION
24 January 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 January 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HEARS REPORT OF TOGO
23 January 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEEPLY DISTURBED BY FAILURE OF UNITED STATES TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO PRISON
20 January 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HEARS REPORT OF MADAGASCAR
20 January 2012
UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION EMBARKS ON FACT-FINDING VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
20 January 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 January 2012
UN EXPERT CALLS ON NEW LEADERSHIP OF DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO ADDRESS LONG-STANDING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
19 January 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF MYANMAR
19 January 2012
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS 2012 SESSION
18 January 2012
UN AND AFRICAN UNION SPECIAL MECHANISMS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPT A ROADMAP FOR GREATER COOPERATION
18 January 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ON CHILDREN INVOLVED IN ARMED CONFLICT
18 January 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF AZERBAIJAN ON SALE OF CHILDREN AND ON CHILDREN INVOLVED IN ARMED CONFLICT
17 January 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF AZERBAIJAN
17 January 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 January 2012
MYANMAR: UN EXPERT WELCOMES PRISONER RELEASE, CALLS FOR FURTHER PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS
16 January 2012
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS FIFTY-NINTH SESSION
13 January 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 January 2012
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ANNOUNCES FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION TO ITALY
12 January 2012
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES CONCERTED EFFORT BY NIGERIAN LEADERS TO HALT SPIRALLING SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
12 January 2012
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HOLDS FIFTY-NINTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 16 JANUARY TO 3 FEBRUARY 2012
12 January 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT “HOPES FOR CHANGE” IN NORTH KOREA AS HE LAUNCHES NEW FACT-FINDING MISSION
10 January 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 January 2012
UNITED NATIONS SPORT YOUTH CAMP KICKS OFF IN DOHA
9 January 2012
NAVI PILLAY WELCOMES LIFTING OF EMERGENCY LAW IN FIJI
6 January 2012
NAVI PILLAY: NO AMNESTY FOR GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN YEMEN
6 January 2012
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 January 2012
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
27 December 2011
UN EXPERTS ALARMED AT CONTINUED DETENTION OF VENEZUELAN JUDGE AFIUNI
27 December 2011
HAITIAN AUTHORITIES MUST INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE TORTURE AND KILLINGS – UN REPORTS
26 December 2011
CHINA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF DEEPLY CONCERNED BY HARSH SENTENCING OF CHEN WEI
26 December 2011
China: UN Experts Denounce Secret Detention of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng
22 December 2011
SEVENTH REVIEW CONFERENCE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION ADOPTS FINAL DOCUMENT AND CONCLUDES SESSION
22 December 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS WELCOME ADOPTION OF OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ON A COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE
22 December 2011
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES JUDGES IN KYRGYZSTAN TO RESPECT DEFENDANTS’ CIVIL RIGHTS
21 December 2011
BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT MUST RELEASE POLITICAL PRISONERS, SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
20 December 2011
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY CONCLUDES FIRST PART OF INVESTIGATIONS IN LIBYA
20 December 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 December 2011
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ISSUES STATEMENT ON THE ATTAWAPISKAT FIRST NATION IN CANADA
20 December 2011
CHILDREN EMPOWERED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT RIGHTS VIOLATIONS UNDER NEW UNITED NATIONS PROTOCOL
20 December 2011
ISRAEL/OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: UN EXPERT CALLS FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FOR MINORITY VIEWS AND DISSENTING OPINIONS
19 December 2011
PARAGUAY : SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTREME POVERTY CALLS FOR A MORE EQUITABLE SOCIETY (in Spanish)
19 December 2011
PILLAY CONDEMNS “VICIOUS” ASSAULTS BY EGYPTIAN SECURITY OFFICERS ON UNARMED PROTESTORS, INCLUDING WOMEN
19 December 2011
STAGERRING WORLD EVENTS IN 2011 TESTED CAPACITY FOR INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
16 December 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 December 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO FIGHT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN SOMALIA
16 December 2011
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION REVIEW CONFERENCE NOTES REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
16 December 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT TENDENCY OF STATES TO CRIMINALIZE IRREGULAR MIGRATION AND SAY DIGNITY HAS NO NATIONALITY
16 December 2011
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION IS DEFENDING AN OUTDATED VISION OF FOOD SECURITY SAYS UNITED NATIONS FOOD EXPERT OLIVIER DE SCHUTTER
14 December 2011
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THREE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING THE EIGHTEENTH ROUND
14 December 2011
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ANNOUNCING THE 2012 CONSOLIDATED APPEALS
14 December 2011
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE CALLS FOR AN END TO IMPUNITY IN THE KYRGZ REPUBLIC
13 December 2011
ALBANIA: UN EXPERT URGES FURTHER PROTECTION FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALBANIAN AND FOREIGN MIGRANTS
13 December 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES JERSEY TO CURB ABILITY OF ‘VULTURE FUNDS’ TO SUE HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIES IN ITS COURTS
13 December 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 December 2011
NAVI PILLAY CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO HALT VIOLENCE IN SYRIA
9 December 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 December 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SOLOMON ISLANDS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 December 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF JORDAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 December 2011
STATEMENT BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON OCCASION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 10 DECEMBER 2011
9 December 2011
ELECTORAL CAPACITY GAPS STILL REMAIN IN CAMBODIA, WARNS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
8 December 2011
16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN: WOMEN’S VOICES MUST BE HEARD DURING TIMES OF TRANSITION AND REFORM
8 December 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES ARGENTINA TO IMPROVE SITUATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (Spanish only)
8 December 2011
CLIMATE FINANCE SHOULD NOT ADD TO DEBT BURDENS OF POOR COUNTRIES, SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT IN DURBAN
8 December 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS GO “VIRAL” IN 2011
8 December 2011
FIRST VISIT TO PARAGUAY BY INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND EXTREME POVERTY (Spanish only)
7 December 2011
SEVENTH REVIEW CONFERENCE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HEARS FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS AND SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7 December 2011
MALAYSIA: NEW BILL THREATENS RIGHT TO PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY WITH ARBITRARY AND DISPROPORTIONAL RESTRICTIONS
6 December 2011
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION REVIEW CONFERENCE CONCLUDES SECOND DAY OF GENERAL DEBATE
6 December 2011
YEMEN: PILLAY CONDEMNS RENEWED ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN TAIZ, URGES PROTECTION OF UNARMED CIVILIANS
6 December 2011
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO REVISIT CÔTE D’IVOIRE BEFORE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
6 December 2011
SEVENTH REVIEW CONFERENCE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION STARTS SECOND DAY OF ITS GENERAL DEBATE
6 December 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 December 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF QATAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
5 December 2011
UN-SUPPORTED YOUTH CENTRE IN BURUNDI WELCOMES SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT
5 December 2011
JOINT INSPECTION UNIT: 2011 WINTER SESSION
5 December 2011
SEVENTH REVIEW CONFERENCE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE
5 December 2011
SEVENTH REVIEW CONFERENCE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION OPENS
5 December 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES VIETNAM TO CLOSE DOWN COMPULSORY REHABILITATION CENTRES FOR DRUG USERS AND SEX WORKERS
2 December 2011
COUNCIL CONCLUDES SPECIAL SESSION ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA, ESTABLISHES MANDATE OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR SYRIA
2 December 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ESTABLISHES MANDATE OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
2 December 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION
2 December 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON TORTURE BEGINS FACT-FINDING VISIT TO THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
2 December 2011
FRANCE/SALE AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN: TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE AND COORDINATED APPROACH THAT GUARANTEES THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD
2 December 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS SPECIAL SESSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
2 December 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NETHERLANDS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
2 December 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 December 2011
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at the Human Rights Council 18th Special Session to examine the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic
2 December 2011
FIRST VISIT BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TO ISRAEL AND OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
2 December 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS STATES MUST REMOVE OBSTACLES TO POLITICAL PARTICIPATION BY INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
1 December 2011
“SLAVERY IS NOT HISTORY” SAY UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS COMMEMORATING THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
1 December 2011
OPENING REMARKS BY UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER NAVI PILLAY AT THE “CELEBRATE HUMAN RIGHTS” PRESS CONFERENCE
1 December 2011
RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS: UN EXPERT IN FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION TO ALBANIA
1 December 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGED AUSTRALIA TO PAY GREATER ATTENTION TO RIGHTS AND NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING
1 December 2011
NAVI PILLAY WARNS OF POST-ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
1 December 2011
GLOBAL BAN ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS TO BE REVIEWED AND STRENGTHENED
1 December 2011
NAVI PILLAY, UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF, TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE 2011 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY CAMPAIGN
1 December 2011
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FACT-FINDING MISSION TO CAMBODIA
30 November 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION ON SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
29 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
29 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT STARTS PROBING RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN IRAN THROUGH DIASPORA IN EUROPE
29 November 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CALLS FOR SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
29 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES AUSTRALIAN ASYLUM POLICY SHIFT
28 November 2011
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON SYRIA PRESENTS REPORT FINDINGS
28 November 2011
IGNORING HUMAN RIGHTS IS NOT AN OPTION FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA SAYS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
28 November 2011
DURBAN: AN URGENT CALL FOR ‘PREVENTIVE’ INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
28 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS NEXT TWO YEARS WILL BE KEY TO HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT IN ASEAN REGION
25 November 2011
UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCERNED ABOUT GROSS AND WIDESPREAD RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN SYRIA
25 November 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION
24 November 2011
UN EXPERT CALLS FOR FURTHER MEASURES TO ERADICATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN JORDAN
24 November 2011
FIRST VISIT TO ARGENTINA BY UN EXPERT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
24 November 2011
OPENING REMARKS BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE DURING HER MISSION TO THE MALDIVES
24 November 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF ARGENTINA
24 November 2011
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO BE COMMEMORATED AT PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 29 NOVEMBER 2011
24 November 2011
BELARUS: “NEW LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS UNDULY RESTRICT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS,” WARN UN EXPERTS
23 November 2011
UN HUMANITARIAN, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEFS CALL ON STATES NOT TO UNDERMINE THE INTERNATIONAL BAN ON CLUSTER BOMBS
23 November 2011
RIGHT TO HEALTH IN VIET NAM: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT LAUNCHES FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION
23 November 2011
EGYPT: HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEPLORES MILITARY AND SECURITY FORCES KILLING OF PROTESTORS, URGES INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION
23 November 2011
UNOG AND CERN SIGN FIRST-EVER COOPERATION AGREEMENT
23 November 2011
JOINT UNITED NATIONS REPORT: IMPLEMENTATION OF ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LAW IN AFGHANISTAN HAS A LONG WAY TO GO
23 November 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ECUADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
22 November 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 November 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF CAMEROON
22 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO REDRESS
21 November 2011
EGYPT: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS ALARMED AT VIOLENCE AND CLAMPDOWN ON FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN RUN-UP TO PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
21 November 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HAILS LIBYA ARRESTS, URGES HUMANE TREATMENT AND FAIR TRIALS
21 November 2011
SANITATION IN SENEGAL: “HIGH TIME TO MOVE FROM WORDS TO ACTION” SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
21 November 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF TURKMENISTAN
21 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT MALDIVES AND BALI FROM 22 TO 28 NOVEMBER
21 November 2011
CAMBODIA: NAVI PILLAY WELCOMES START OF SECOND KHMER ROUGE TRIAL, CALLS FOR VIGILANCE TO ENSURE VICTIMS’ RIGHTS ARE RESPECTED
18 November 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HAILS CREATION OF BRAZILIAN TRUTH COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE PAST VIOLATIONS
18 November 2011
TIMOR-LESTE: HAVE ALL TIMORESE BENEFITTED FROM A DECADE OF DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE? – UN POVERTY EXPERT
18 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION JOIN FORCES TO DRIVE SOCIAL CHANGE
18 November 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 November 2011
“STOP FLUSHING YOUR RIGHTS AWAY, INVEST IN SANITATION,” SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON OCCASION OF WORLD TOILET DAY
17 November 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF ISRAEL
17 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS
17 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON SALE OF CHILDREN TO UNDERTAKE FACT-FINDING MISSION TO FRANCE FROM 21 NOVEMBER TO 2 DECEMBER
17 November 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
17 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO UNDERTAKE FACT-FINDING MISSION THROUGH REPUBLIC OF KOREA
16 November 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF ESTONIA
16 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RIGHT TO FOOD SAYS FOOD SECURITY IS HELD HOSTAGE TO TRADE IN WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION NEGOTIATIONS
16 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE AND SUBCOMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
15 November 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 November 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS DISCUSSION WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
14 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF BELARUS
14 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT PANEL LAUNCHES ESSENTIAL TOOL TO FIGHT ARBITRARY DEPRIVATION OF FREEDOM
14 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT TO BEGIN FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO CÔTE D'IVOIRE ON 14 NOVEMBER
14 November 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION
14 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAUNCHES FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION TO AUSTRALIA
11 November 2011
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON WATER AND SANITATION TO VISIT SENEGAL
11 November 2011
UN WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES CONCLUDES 95TH SESSION AND ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT
11 November 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO SOUTH SUDAN CAMP BOMBING
11 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF MADAGASCAR
11 November 2011
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES CONCLUDES FIRST SESSION
11 November 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF BELARUS
11 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP CELEBRATES TWENTY YEARS PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM ARBITRARY DETENTION
11 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTREME POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MAKES FIRST VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE
10 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF BULGARIA
10 November 2011
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES HOLDS MEETING WITH STATES PARTIES
10 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF MADAGASCAR
10 November 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION FROM 14 NOVEMBER TO 2 DECEMBER IN GENEVA
10 November 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CYPRUS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 November 2011
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT LAUNCHES FIRST VISIT TO JORDAN
9 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF SRI LANKA
9 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF BULGARIA
9 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS SOUNDS WARNING BELL OVER PRE-ELECTION HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
9 November 2011
UN SPECIAL ADVISER WILFRIED LEMKE AWARDED BERLIN PEACE CLOCK FOR CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE THROUGH SPORT
8 November 2011
MYANMAR: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT CONCERNED ABOUT SITUATION OF PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE ON HUNGER STRIKE
8 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF GERMANY
8 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF SRI LANKA
8 November 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 November 2011
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES OPENS FIRST SESSION
4 November 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE END OF HER MISSION TO THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
4 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF PARAGUAY
4 November 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ONE-HUNDRETH AND THIRD SESSION
4 November 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF GERMANY
4 November 2011
HAVE YOUR SAY! HELP A NEW UNITED NATIONS BODY ENSURE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BY BUSINESS
3 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF DJIBOUTI
3 November 2011
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES HOLDS FIRST SESSION FROM 8 TO 11 NOVEMBER 2011
3 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF PARAGUAY
2 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF MOROCCO
2 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF DJIBOUTI
2 November 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GERMANY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
2 November 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
1 November 2011
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT PANEL TO STUDY OVER 400 CASES FROM ALMOST 40 COUNTRIES
1 November 2011
UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP WARNS THAT THE ALARMING RISE IN MERCENARY ACTIVITIES CALLS FOR ATTENTION
1 November 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF MOROCCO
1 November 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROGRESS REPORT BY RAPPORTEUR ON FOLLOW-UP TO INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS
1 November 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1 November 2011
CHINA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS WARN OF SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS RESTRICTIONS ON TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONASTERIES
31 October 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARS PROGRESS REPORT OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
31 October 2011
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO FOOD: KEY CHANCE FOR G20 TO TACKLE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF BIOFUELS AND SPECULATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
31 October 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ADDRESSES OPENING OF FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
31 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES SEVEN BILLIONTH RIGHTS HOLDER
28 October 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS MEETING ON WORKING METHODS
28 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF NAVI PILLAY TO VISIT REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA FROM 1 TO 4 NOVEMBER
28 October 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS’ COMIC BOOK AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS PRIZE
28 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS NORWAY COULD LOSE LEAD IN THE RECOGNITION AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
27 October 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH STATES PARTIES
27 October 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HOLDS FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 31 OCTOBER TO 25 NOVEMBER
27 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$1,038,375,281 TO GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT
25 October 2011
“FROM PUNISHMENT TO SEGREGATION, AUSTERITY MUST NOT BE USED AS AN EXCUSE TO PENALIZE THE POOR” SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
25 October 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF NORWAY
25 October 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 October 2011
“FARMERS MUST NOT BE DISEMPOWERED LABOURERS ON THEIR OWN LAND,” SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
24 October 2011
EXPERT ON RIGHTS DEFENDERS URGES THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO “PROTECT THE RIGHT TO DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS”
24 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES “FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION AND ACCESS FOR ALL” ON THE INTERNET
24 October 2011
NEW UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SAYS “WE ARE ALL MIGRANTS”
21 October 2011
“RULED OUT OF THE RULE OF LAW” – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CALLS FOR A GENDER PERSPECTIVE FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
21 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FIFTIETH SESSION
21 October 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF KUWAIT
21 October 2011
CAMBODIA: “PARIS PEACE AGREEMENTS STILL RELEVANT 20 YEARS ON” SAYS UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
21 October 2011
BEYOND BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS: WHAT IT TAKES TO ENSURE THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING IN DISASTER RELIEF
21 October 2011
The Tunisian Elections By Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
21 October 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL NOMINATES MUTAMA RUTEERE AS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
21 October 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES VISIT TO CHILE
21 October 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ANDORRA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
21 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT CHALLENGES ‘TARGETED KILLING’ POLICIES
21 October 2011
NEW UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON COUNTER-TERRORISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO FOCUS ON RIGHTS OF VICTIMS AND PREVENTION OF TERRORISM
20 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES ISRAEL TO ADOPT GUIDELINES FOR THE PROTECTION OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN WHO ARE ARRESTED OR DETAINED
20 October 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF JAMAICA
20 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SEEKS ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN
19 October 2011
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
19 October 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LIBYA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
18 October 2011
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE CALLS FOR THE PROHIBITION OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
18 October 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
18 October 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY BREAKS FIRST WORLD RECORD OF THE LONDON 2012 GAMES
17 October 2011
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS ENCOUNTER BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE PRESIDENT OF SWITZERLAND IN BERN ON 17 OCTOBER
17 October 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD SESSION
17 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY SAYS MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS IN LEBANON ARE LEGALLY INVISIBLE
14 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SAYS TURKEY NEEDS TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS FOR A TRULY INDEPENDENT AND IMPARTIAL JUDICIARY
14 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE
14 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS SAY CAMBODIA’S DRAFT NGO LAW MUST BE FULLY IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW
14 October 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS POVERTY EXPERT WARNS THAT AUSTERITY MEASURES ARE EXACERBATING THE GAP BETWEEN THE ‘HAVES’ AND THE ‘HAVE NOTS’
14 October 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES UNITED INTERNATIONAL ACTION TO PROTECT SYRIANS
13 October 2011
GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES ITS SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION
13 October 2011
MEXICO: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT WELCOMES CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD
13 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT WELCOMES PRISONERS’ RELEASE IN MYANMAR AND URGES GOVERNMENT TO FREE THOSE STILL JAILED
13 October 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HAILS COMPLETION OF FIRST-EVER HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF ALL 193 STATES
13 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF KUWAIT
13 October 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS ITS ONE-HUNDREDTH AND THIRD SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 17 OCTOBER TO 4 NOVEMBER 2011
13 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT CHILE, PARAGUAY AND URUGUAY
13 October 2011
COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY
12 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF CHAD
11 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF LESOTHO
11 October 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 October 2011
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: PREVENT, PROTECT AND PROVIDE JUSTICE
10 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
10 October 2011
SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 11 TO 13 OCTOBER
10 October 2011
BIOSECURITY AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS
10 October 2011
THAILAND/FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT RECOMMENDS AMENDMENT OF LÈSE MAJESTÉ LAWS
7 October 2011
TURKEY: FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS
7 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF MAURITIUS
7 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION
7 October 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 October 2011
DOMESTIC SERVITUDE: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY TO UNDERTAKE FIRST MISSION TO LEBANON
6 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF MONTENEGRO
5 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF PARAGUAY
5 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PREVENTIVE DETENTION AND FOREIGN DETAINEES IN GERMANY
5 October 2011
SOMALIA/SUICIDE ATTACK: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CALLS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FORCE TO SHIELD CIVILIANS
4 October 2011
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THREE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING THE SEVENTEENTH ROUND
4 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF OMAN
4 October 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF SWEDEN ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
3 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
3 October 2011
WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES CONCLUDES VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
3 October 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FIFTIETH SESSION
3 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT TELLS ROME SUMMIT THAT VULNERABLE LAND USERS MUST BE PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES
30 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HOLDS DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION REGARDING CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS
30 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES EIGHTEENTH SESSION
30 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATES OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CAMBODIA AND WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
30 September 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS TEXTS ON HAITI, MIGRANTS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH THE OLYMPIC IDEAL
30 September 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ASKS WHETHER OLD AGE IS BAD FOR YOUR RIGHTS
30 September 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS ON HOUSING AND INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT SAY THE POOR ARE BEARING THE BRUNT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
29 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SUDAN, SOUTH SUDAN AND YEMEN
29 September 2011
TWELFTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW TO BE HELD FROM 3 TO 14 OCTOBER 2011
29 September 2011
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS FIFTIETH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 3 TO 21 OCTOBER 2011
29 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ESTABLISHES NEW MANDATES ON PROMOTING AN EQUITABLE INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND ON TRUTH, JUSTICE AND REPARATION
28 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH PENALTY, THE RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION AND MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY
28 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF SEYCHELLES
28 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES WITH EXPERTS ON SOMALIA AND CAMBODIA
28 September 2011
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CAMBODIA URGES AUTHORITIES TO STOP THE CURRENT DRAFT NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS LAW
28 September 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS DISCUSSION ON THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH TOLERANCE AND RECONCILIATION IN COMMEMORATION OF NELSON MANDELA DAY
27 September 2011
BOLIVIA/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, UN EXPERT CALLS FOR A CONSULTATIVE PROCESS (Spanish only)
27 September 2011
MEMBERS OF COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON SYRIA MEET IN GENEVA
27 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED FORMS OF INTOLERANCE
27 September 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM AND WORKING GROUP ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
27 September 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 September 2011
UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT PROPOSES FOUR-PRONG STRATEGY TO FACE KEY CHALLENGES OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN KENYA
27 September 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CANADA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
27 September 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BAHRAIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
27 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
27 September 2011
WEST BANK DEMOLITIONS AND ATTACKS AGAINST PALESTINIANS MUST STOP, SAY UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS
26 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
26 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF PANAMA
26 September 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON THE INTEGRATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN THE WORK OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
23 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF ICELAND
23 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ADOPTS CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON THE INITIAL REPORT OF SPAIN
23 September 2011
COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW AND HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
23 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION
23 September 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, SUDAN AND HUNGARY
23 September 2011
UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES IN FIRST MISSION TO CONGO
23 September 2011
ARBITRARY DETENTION: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT BODY LAUNCHES FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION TO GERMANY
22 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
22 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON SURINAME, GREECE AND SAMOA
22 September 2011
IRAN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS CONDEMN PUBLIC EXECUTION OF JUVENILE AND REITERATE CALL FOR IMMEDIATE HALT ON DEATH PENALTY
22 September 2011
OPENING ADDRESS BY NAVI PILLAY, UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO COMMEMORATE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADOPTION OF THE DURBAN DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
22 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BELARUS
22 September 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY SAID SITUATION IN YEMEN IS “DANGEROUS,” AND URGED ALL PARTIES TO HALT ABUSES
22 September 2011
UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS ON THE WORLD TO RECOGNIZE THE REALITY OF PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD
22 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON LATVIA, SIERRA LEONE AND SINGAPORE
21 September 2011
UNITED STATES/DEATH ROW: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS CALL ON GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES TO STOP THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
21 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON SOMALIA, SEYCHELLES AND SOLOMON ISLANDS
21 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
21 September 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS
21 September 2011
EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS A KEY CAUSE OF ABUSE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
21 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON BELGIUM, DENMARK AND PALAU
20 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONSIDERS REPORT OF SPAIN
20 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES PROMOTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
20 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF ITALY
20 September 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN AND BELARUS
20 September 2011
KAZAKHSTAN: “INVESTING IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IS CRUCIAL FOR CONSOLIDATING DEMOCRACY,” SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
19 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HOLDS DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION ON MIGRANT WORKERS IN IRREGULAR STATUS
19 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA AND IN SUDAN
19 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON LIBYA
19 September 2011
UN SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT ENGAGES IN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
19 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON YEMEN
19 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OPENS SIXTH SESSION
19 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION
19 September 2011
MOROCCO AND WESTERN SAHARA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CALLS FOR BETTER PROMOTION OF CULTURAL RIGHTS AND DIVERSITY
16 September 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
16 September 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR- GENERAL OF UNOG
16 September 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH OF OLDER PERSONS
16 September 2011
REPORTS ON THE RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, JAPAN AND SLOVENIA
16 September 2011
VISIT TO KENYA BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
16 September 2011
STATES MUST GIVE GENEROUSLY TO HELP VICTIMS OF CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY RECOVER THEIR LIVES
16 September 2011
‘WE HAVE ONE CHANCE TO IMPROVE FOOD SYSTEMS WHICH CREATE SICK PEOPLE’, SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
16 September 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER NAVI PILLAY WELCOMES AUSTRALIAN DECISION ON IDENTITY FOR TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX PEOPLE
15 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
15 September 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES 2011 SESSION
15 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HOLDS SIXTH SESSION FROM 19 TO 23 SEPTEMBER 2011
15 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HOLDS FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 19 SEPTEMBER TO 7 OCTOBER 2011
15 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERED THE REPORT OF GUATEMALA
15 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHT TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
15 September 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT AND CONCLUDES 2011 SESSION
15 September 2011
Article on the 50th Anniversary of the death of Dag Hammarskjöld by Director-General Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
14 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
14 September 2011
MEDICAL WASTE IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH AND BAD FOR YOUR RIGHTS, WARNED UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
14 September 2011
MERCENARIES IN IRAQ, SOUTH AFRICA AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA: THREE KEY REPORTS RELEASED BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERT PANEL
14 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY AND ON TOXIC WASTES
14 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERS REPORT OF CHILE
13 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF PEACEFUL PROTEST
13 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND ON MERCENARIES
13 September 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERS REPORT OF ARGENTINA
13 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
13 September 2011
YEMEN: URGENT NEED TO ADDRESS DIRE HUMANITARIAN AND HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION – UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
13 September 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT IN PUBLIC PLENARY
13 September 2011
UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERTS CRITICIZE CONCLUSION IN “PALMER REPORT” THAT ISRAEL’S BLOCKADE OF GAZA IS LEGAL
12 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS ADDRESS BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT AFTER CONCLUDING ITS GENERAL DEBATE
12 September 2011
PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL APPOINTS INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN SYRIA
12 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS OPENS FIFTEENTH SESSION
12 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS EIGHTEENTH SESSION AND HEARS ADDRESS BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
9 September 2011
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO EDUCATION CALLS ON CHILE TO LISTEN CAREFULLY TO COMPLAINTS BY STUDENTS (in Spanish)
9 September 2011
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION SAYS MOLDOVAN GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED TO FOSTER A PUBLIC CULTURE OF DIVERSITY
9 September 2011
FIRST MISSION TO KAZAKHSTAN BY UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR REGARDING THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION
9 September 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 September 2011
Article on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 by Director-General Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
7 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS EIGHTEENTH SESSION FROM 12 TO 30 SEPTEMBER
7 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HOLDS FIFTEENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 12 TO 23 SEPTEMBER 2011
6 September 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 September 2011
INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HAITI: “IMPRESSIVE DECLARATIONS ON RULE OF LAW – WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON RESULTS”
2 September 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 September 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LATVIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
2 September 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES SEVENTY-NINTH SESSION
2 September 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF APPLAUDS CONVICTIONS OF MINISTERS AND MILITARY FOR SERIOUS CRIMES IN BOLIVIA, CITES “HEALTHY TREND” IN LATIN AMERICA
2 September 2011
UNITED NATIONS ANTI-RACISM COMMITTEE CALLS ON UNITED KINGDOM TO SUSPEND DALE FARM EVICTIONS
2 September 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS: A MEDIA GUIDE TO THE NEW UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERTS AND MANDATES (2011)
1 September 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS PLENARY MEETING
1 September 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SUDAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
30 August 2011
FIRST MISSION TO MOROCCO BY THE UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON CULTURAL RIGHTS
30 August 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 August 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NORWAY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
29 August 2011
FIRST VISIT TO REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA BY A UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
29 August 2011
FIRST UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE DISAPPEARED, TUESDAY 30 AUGUST 2011
26 August 2011
UN EXPERT PANEL TO DISCUSS OVER 40 CASES OF ARBITRARY DETENTION FROM 22 COUNTRIES
26 August 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 August 2011
UN EXPERT SAYS NEW LAW IN PERU ON CONSULTATIONS WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES MARKS KEY STEP FORWARD IN THE COUNTRY AND THE REGION
25 August 2011
HAITI: UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI TO FOLLOW-UP ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
25 August 2011
MYANMAR: “SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES REMAIN DESPITE POSITIVE STEPS BY THE AUTHORITIES,” SAYS UN EXPERT
25 August 2011
THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HOLDS AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION WITH STATES PARTIES
25 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF MALTA
24 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
23 August 2011
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES ITS SECOND SPECIAL SESSION ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
23 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ALBANIA
23 August 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 August 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT BEGINS PRESIDENCY OF CUBA
23 August 2011
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UN EXPERT URGES FULL POLICY REVIEW AFTER REGIONAL BODY FINDS UNITED STATES RESPONSIBLE FOR RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
23 August 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SOUTH AFRICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
23 August 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DECIDES TO DISPATCH A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
22 August 2011
UN EXPERT SAYS THAILAND MUST SHOW LEADERSHIP IN FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
22 August 2011
STATEMENT DELIVERED ON BEHALF OF ALL SPECIAL PROCEDURES MANDATE-HOLDERS ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
22 August 2011
STATEMENT BY MS. NAVI PILLAY, UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 17TH SPECIAL SESSION ON “SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC” IN GENEVA
22 August 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEBATES SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC IN SPECIAL SESSION
22 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HOLDS MEETING WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
22 August 2011
UN EXPERT URGES GOVERNMENT OF BRAZIL TO SET UP AN EFFECTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR JUDGES
22 August 2011
2011 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA
22 August 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TUNISIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
19 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
19 August 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF UKRAINE
18 August 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT MAKES FACT FINDING MISSION TO MYANMAR
18 August 2011
SYRIA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE PUBLISHES FACT-FINDING MISSION REPORT
18 August 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS LAST PLENARY MEETING UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
18 August 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
17 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF GEORGIA
16 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF KENYA
16 August 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 August 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE SAYS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES MAY HAVE BEEN COMMITTED IN SOUTHERN KORDOFAN IN SUDAN
15 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
12 August 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 August 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SEVENTH SESSION
12 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE MALDIVES
12 August 2011
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
11 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF PARAGUAY
11 August 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES NEW PRIORITIES
11 August 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS PLENARY MEETING
10 August 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TRADITIONAL VALUES, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
9 August 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 August 2011
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DECIDES TO SEND LETTER TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER HOLDING A SPECIAL SESSION ON THE FOOD CRISIS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
9 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HOLDS DISCUSSION WITH NGOs
9 August 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF RWANDA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 August 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SRI LANKA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
8 August 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OPENS SEVENTH SESSION
8 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS SEVENTY-NINTH SESSION
8 August 2011
UNITED NATIONS REPORT SAYS THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN IRAQ REMAINS FRAGILE
5 August 2011
“TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY” – UN EXPERT URGES GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO TO AUDIT THE COUNTRY’S DEBT
5 August 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: “LET US ENSURE THAT DEVELOPMENT FOR SOME IS NOT TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF OTHERS”
5 August 2011
UN EXPERTS URGE UNITED KINGDOM TO FIND NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT TO EVICTION STAND-OFF WITH 86 IRISH TRAVELLER FAMILIES
5 August 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 August 2011
“SYRIA MUST STOP USING VIOLENT STRATEGIES AGAINST CIVILIANS NOW” SAY UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS
5 August 2011
UN EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAUNCHES FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION TO THAILAND
4 August 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS SEVENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 8 TO 12 AUGUST 2011
4 August 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 8 AUGUST TO 2 SEPTEMBER 2011
4 August 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES SESSION HELD BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM 27 TO 29 JULY
3 August 2011
NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON IRAN CALLS ON THE GOVERNMENT FOR FULL COOPERATION WITH HIS MANDATE
2 August 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS WORLD IS WATCHING CARNAGE IN SYRIA
2 August 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 July 2011
SUPPRESSION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS PERSISTS DESPITE PROGRESS ON DISCRIMINATION – UN
29 July 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ONE-HUNDRETH SECOND SESSION
29 July 2011
ECOSOC TAKES ACTION ON TEXTS ON SOUTH SUDAN, NGOS, CARTOGRAPHY, INDIGENOUS ISSUES AND ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
28 July 2011
“SYSTEMATIC HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CONTINUE IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES,” SAYS UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE
28 July 2011
ECOSOC ADOPTS TEXTS ON SOCIAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS AND ON COORDINATION ISSUES
28 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
28 July 2011
FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION – HOW FAR THE PROTECTIONS GO: THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
28 July 2011
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$1,059,048,547
28 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF WORKING METHODS
27 July 2011
ECOSOC ESTABLISHES A COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
27 July 2011
BELARUS EXECUTIONS ARE A VIOLATION OF ITS INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS FOR THE SECOND TIME, SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
27 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND TO VIEWS
27 July 2011
ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE RIGHT TO DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS
26 July 2011
ECOSOC ADOPTS TEXTS ON COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT, COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN, AND UNAIDS
26 July 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 July 2011
ECOSOC ADOPTS TEXTS ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND REGIONAL COOPERATION
22 July 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS ALARMED OVER REPORTS OF ATROCITIES IN SOUTHERN KORDOFAN REGION OF SUDAN
22 July 2011
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT HAILS BILL GATES DRIVE TO REINVENT THE TOILET, BUT WARNS HARDWARE SOLUTIONS ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH
22 July 2011
POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD CONCLUDE FORTY-NINTH GRADUATE STUDY PROGRAMME
22 July 2011
FIRST MISSION BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON FOREIGN DEBT AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
22 July 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WORKING METHODS
22 July 2011
ECOSOC ADOPTS TEXTS ON ISTANBUL PROGRAMME OF ACTION ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING
22 July 2011
INVESTIGATIONS INTO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN NORTH KIVU HIGHLIGHT NEED TO REINFORCE THE CAPACITY OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
22 July 2011
“MADAGASCAR’S HUNGRY POPULATION IS TAKEN HOSTAGE,” DENOUNCES UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
21 July 2011
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: A HUMAN RIGHTS BASED FRAMEWORK FOR INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT NECESSARY
21 July 2011
UN SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE CALLS FOR COOPERATION FOR UPCOMING MEGA SPORTS EVENTS IN BRAZIL
21 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
21 July 2011
ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON STRENGTHENING COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS
20 July 2011
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL VALERIE AMOS ON MID-YEAR REVIEW OF 2011 HUMANITARIAN APPEALS
20 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
20 July 2011
NAVI PILLAY: ARREST OF GORAN HADŽIC REINFORCES GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY
20 July 2011
ECOSOC HOLDS PANEL ON PREDICTABLE, EFFECTIVE, FLEXIBLE AND ADEQUATE HUMANITARIAN FINANCING AND ITS ACCOUNTABLE USE
19 July 2011
ECOSOC OPENS HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS SEGMENT AND DISCUSSES SPECIAL ECONOMIC, HUMANITARIAN AND DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE
19 July 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 July 2011
ECOSOC DISCUSSES ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN SUPPORTING CAPACITY OF SOUTH SUDAN
19 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
19 July 2011
“IT’S TIME TO DEMOCRATIZE HOUSING POLICIES IN ALGERIA,” URGES UN EXPERT
19 July 2011
REMARKS DELIVERED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON AT WTO THIRD GLOBAL REVIEW OF AID FOR TRADE
18 July 2011
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON POLICY REVIEW AND CLOSES OPERATIONAL ACTIVITES SEGMENT
15 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF KAZAKHSTAN
15 July 2011
ECOSOC DISCUSSES FUTURE OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF UN FUNDS AND PROGRAMMES, AND THE RESIDENT COORDINATORS SYSTEM
15 July 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 July 2011
SOUTH AFRICA CAN MOVE BEYOND THE ‘TWO ECONOMIES’ TO DELIVER ONE INCLUSIVE FOOD SYSTEM, SAYS UN FOOD EXPERT
14 July 2011
STATEMENT BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE IN TUNISIA
14 July 2011
UN EXPERT TO VISIT MALDIVES TO STUDY INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
14 July 2011
ECOSOC OPENS OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES SEGMENT AND HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON 2012 QUADRENNIAL POLICY REVIEW
14 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF BULGARIA
14 July 2011
ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, AND GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN THE UNITED NATIONS
13 July 2011
ECOSOC REVIEWS MAINSTREAMING THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE INTO POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM
13 July 2011
RIGHT TO FOOD: FIRST VISIT EVER TO MADAGASCAR BY A UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
12 July 2011
ECOSOC HOLDS SPECIAL EVENT TO COMMEMORATE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF DECLARATION ON RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
12 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF ETHIOPIA
12 July 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 July 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO OPEN FIRST EVER UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE IN TUNISIA ON 14 JULY
12 July 2011
UN EXPERTS WARN OF LARGE-SCALE STARVATION IN SOMALIA AND HORN OF AFRICA UNLESS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY STEPS IN
12 July 2011
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT RESTRICTIONS PLACED BY THE UNITED STATES ON HIS INTERACTION WITH DETAINEES
11 July 2011
EXPERTS TO REVIEW EIGHT COUNTRIES’ RECORDS AS COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS SESSION 11-29 JULY
11 July 2011
AFTER EXPANDING ACCESS TO WATER, NAMIBIA MUST FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE RIGHT TO SANITATION, SAYS UN EXPERT
11 July 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MYANMAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
11 July 2011
MALAYSIA: GOVERNMENT RISKS UNDERMINING DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS, SAY UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS
11 July 2011
ECOSOC OPENS COORDINATION SEGMENT, TAKES UP FOLLOW-UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT
11 July 2011
BULGARIA MUST TURN POLICY COMMITMENTS INTO CONCRETE ACTION FOR ROMA - UN EXPERT ON MINORITY RIGHTS
11 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE-HUNDREDTH SECOND SESSION
11 July 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CALLS ON SENEGAL TO REVIEW ITS DECISION TO EXTRADITE HISSÈNE HABRÉ TO CHAD
8 July 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER RECOGNIZES ADVANCES MADE IN MEXICO ON HUMAN RIGHTS BUT EXPRESSES CONCERN ON HIGH LEVELS OF VIOLENT CRIME
8 July 2011
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH REGIONAL COMMISSIONS ON REGIONAL COOPERATION AS A CATALYST FOR DEVELOPMENT
8 July 2011
“UNITED STATES IN BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AFTER EXECUTION OF HUMBERTO LEAL GARCÍA IN TEXAS ” – UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
8 July 2011
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON EDUCATION AND CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
8 July 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 July 2011
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS STAKEOUT GIVEN BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON IN GENEVA FOLLOWING HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE 2011 ECOSOC HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
7 July 2011
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ECOSOC EXTRA EFFORTS ARE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE ALL THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
7 July 2011
STATEMENT DELIVERED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON TO ECOSOC IN GENEVA TO LAUNCH THE 2011 MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS REPORT
7 July 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS ITS ONE-HUNDREDTH AND SECOND SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 11 TO 29 JULY 2011
7 July 2011
PRESS REMARKS FOLLOWING THE SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MEETING WITH THE GREEK CYPRIOT AND TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADERS IN GENEVA
7 July 2011
UN EXPERT TO ASSESS RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS OF HOUSING POLICIES IN ALGERIA
7 July 2011
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL POLICY DIALOGUE ON “EDUCATION CHALLENGES IN AFRICA AND LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
6 July 2011
ECOSOC CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONALLY AGREED GOALS AND COMMITMENTS IN REGARD TO EDUCATION
6 July 2011
“EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND MUST BE PROTECTED FROM ECONOMIC TURBULENCE” SAYS UN EXPERT
6 July 2011
DRC: INVESTIGATION INTO MASS RAPES AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN WALIKALE REVEALS PREVAILING LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY
6 July 2011
ECOSOC HOLDS SPECIAL PANEL DISCUSSION ON PROMOTING GROWTH FOR ACCELERATING POVERTY ERADICATION AND ACHIEVING THE MDGS
6 July 2011
PERU: SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CALLS FOR DIALOGUE TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS RELATED TO MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUNO (in Spanish)
5 July 2011
ECOSOC REVIEWS REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTING COMMITMENTS IN REGARD TO EDUCATION AND CURRENT TRENDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON EDUCATION
5 July 2011
HIGHLIGHTS OF REMARKS OF SHA ZUKANG, UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, DELIVERED AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN GENEVA
5 July 2011
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORLD ECONOMY
5 July 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 July 2011
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD MAKES FIRST VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA
4 July 2011
ECOSOC HOLDS DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS, EDUCATION AND CONFLICT, AND HEARS NATIONAL VOLUNTARY PRESENTATION BY GERMANY
4 July 2011
SUMMARY OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY JOSEPH DEISS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HELD ON 4 JULY IN GENEVA (in English)
4 July 2011
UN EXPERT PANEL TO STUDY OVER 350 CASES OF DISAPPEARANCES
4 July 2011
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OPENS 2011 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION WITH A FOCUS ON ADVANCING THE EDUCATION FOR ALL AGENDA
1 July 2011
UN EXPERT WARNS AGAINST UNDERMINING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY IN EL SALVADOR (in Spanish)
1 July 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1 July 2011
UN EXPERTS URGE US GOVERNMENT TO STOP SCHEDULED EXECUTION OF A MEXICAN NATIONAL
1 July 2011
UN DEPUTY HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT HAITI
1 July 2011
WATER AND SANITATION: FIRST MISSION EVER TO NAMIBIA BY A UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
1 July 2011
GREEK CRISIS: “KEEP IN MIND THE PEOPLE’S BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS” – UN EXPERT ON RIGHTS AND FOREIGN DEBT
30 June 2011
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS 2011 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 4 TO 29 JULY
30 June 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES ALL STATES TO DEVOTE MUCH MORE TO MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS A REALITY
30 June 2011
GENEVA SCHOOL CHILDREN RALLY WORLD LEADERS TO ACHIEVE EDUCATION FOR ALL BY 2015
30 June 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT MEXICO FROM 3 TO 9 JULY 2011
30 June 2011
UN EXPERT TO EXAMINE MINORITY ISSUES IN BULGARIA
29 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS / COUNTER TERRORISM: THE NEW UN LISTING REGIMES FOR THE TALIBAN AND AL-QAIDA
28 June 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 June 2011
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA ASSUMES PRESIDENCY OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
28 June 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF APPEALS FOR WORLDWIDE SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE
28 June 2011
SPECIAL OLYMPICS TRANSFORM THE IMAGE OF PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, SAYS UN SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE
28 June 2011
UN DEPUTY HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF ENDS MISSION TO SUDAN
27 June 2011
SWEARING-IN OF UNITED NATIONS APPEALS TRIBUNAL JUDGE MARY FAHERTY
27 June 2011
HARSH SENTENCING, PROSECUTOR’S ROLE AND LOW ACQUITTAL RATE RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT ARBITRARY DETENTION IN GEORGIA
24 June 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 June 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS ASSESSMENT MISSION TO VISIT YEMEN FROM 27 JUNE TO 6 JULY
24 June 2011
“BLOCKADE OF GAZA DENIES PALESTINIANS HUMANITY AND DIGNITY,” SAYS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
24 June 2011
“TORTURERS WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE SOONER OR LATER” SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
23 June 2011
UN EXPERTS URGE STATES TO ENSURE THAT ALL VICTIMS OF TORTURE OBTAIN REPARATION, INCLUDING HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT THROUGH THE UN VOLUNTARY FUND
23 June 2011
“30 YEARS OF REBUILDING LIVES IN DANGER,” WARNS UN FUND FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE
22 June 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT: END OF COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENCY
21 June 2011
UN COMMITTEE ON MIGRANTS’ RIGHTS HAILS NEW INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON DOMESTIC WORKERS
21 June 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 June 2011
MEXICO REQUIRES A NEW STRATEGY TO OVERCOME THE TWIN CHALLENGES OF “FOOD POVERTY” AND OBESITY, SAYS UN FOOD EXPERT
20 June 2011
UN EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY WELCOMES LANDMARK CONVENTION ON DOMESTIC WORKERS' RIGHTS
17 June 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION
17 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES SEVENTEENTH SESSION
17 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS TEXT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN BELARUS, RENEWS MANDATE OF INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SOMALIA
17 June 2011
COUNCIL ESTABLISHES MANDATE ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE, ADOPTS PROTOCOL TO CHILD RIGHTS TREATY, REQUESTS STUDY ON DISCRIMINATION AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION
17 June 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 June 2011
SENIOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL TO VISIT SUDAN FROM 20 TO 27 JUNE
16 June 2011
COUNCIL ESTABLISHES WORKING GROUP ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
16 June 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ENDORSES NEW GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
16 June 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING
16 June 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES WITH INDEPENDENT EXPERTS ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURUNDI AND IN HAITI
16 June 2011
UN EXPERT PANEL SAYS IRAQ SHOULD CONTINUE TO REGULATE ACTIVITIES OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES
16 June 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS PRESENTATION FROM SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN LATIN AMERICA
16 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL PARTICIPATES IN MEETINGS OF THE CONFERENCE OF DISARMAMENT
16 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AFGHANISTAN
16 June 2011
LITERARY EVENING IN HONOUR OF CZESLAW MILOSZ ATTENDED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL
15 June 2011
MEETING WITH CONSEIL D'ETAT ATTENDED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL
15 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION
15 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL ATTENDS SPECIAL SESSIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE
15 June 2011
COUNCIL HEARS REPORTS ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE AND SYRIA, HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE ITS ATTENTION
15 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON BEST PRACTICES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST RACISM
15 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF INDONESIA
15 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF TANZANIA
14 June 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON STRENGTHENED EFFORTS TO FOSTER A GLOBAL DIALOGUE FOR THE PROMOTION OF A CULTURE OF TOLERANCE AND PEACE
14 June 2011
STRUCTURAL DISCRIMINATION A COMMON THREAD BETWEEN THE ROMA AND THE VICTIMS OF CASTE SYSTEMS
14 June 2011
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS WELCOMES NEW LAW ON POLICE CUSTODY IN FRANCE
14 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH HEAD OF IFRC
14 June 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE
14 June 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
14 June 2011
ARBITRARY DETENTION: UN EXPERT PANEL LAUNCHES FIRST MISSION TO GEORGIA
14 June 2011
“SON PREFERENCE” PERPETUATES DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND IT MUST AND CAN END
14 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH USG FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION
14 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH ACANU
14 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH GENEVA GROUP
10 June 2011
A MUCH NEEDED PUSH TO ERADICATE TORTURE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
10 June 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF COSTA RICA
10 June 2011
COUNCIL CONCLUDES ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS WITH PANEL FOCUSING ON CONFLICT-RELATED VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
10 June 2011
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE WITH MICHELLE BACHELET, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN WOMEN, IN GENEVA ON 10 JUNE 2011
10 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN LIBYA
10 June 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS, FOCUSING ON PREVENTION
10 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL ATTENDS GENEVA OPERA POOL 2011
10 June 2011
RUSSIAN NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL
10 June 2011
SUDAN: UN EXPERT URGES PARTNERS TO PROTECT PEACE AGREEMENT
10 June 2011
COMMISSION ON INQUIRY ON CÔTE D'IVOIRE PUBLISHES ITS REPORT (in French)
10 June 2011
“100 MILLION CHILDREN TRAPPED IN HAZARDOUS WORK, SOME AS YOUNG AS FIVE. WE CAN STOP IT” SAYS UN EXPERT ON SLAVERY
10 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH JAYANTHA DHANAPALA
9 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL VISITS THE EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATION CENTRE
9 June 2011
MEETING HOSTED BY RECTOR OF UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA ATTENDED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL
9 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH DCAF
9 June 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF FINLAND
9 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON PARAGUAY AND HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PROCESS
9 June 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMENDS HUMAN RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN MEXICO
9 June 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN LIBYA
9 June 2011
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD TO MAKE FIRST VISIT TO MEXICO
9 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON NIGER, MOZAMBIQUE AND ESTONIA
9 June 2011
PILLAY URGES SYRIA TO HALT ITS ASSAULT ON ITS OWN PEOPLE
8 June 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF CUBA
8 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE AND NAMIBIA
8 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, UNITED NATIONS ORCHESTRA
8 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON MYANMAR, AUSTRALIA AND GEORGIA
8 June 2011
CHINA: UN EXPERT BODY SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT TIBETAN MONKS REPORTEDLY SUBJECTED TO ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE
8 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL ATTENDS MEETING OF DIPLOMATIC CLUB OF GENEVA
7 June 2011
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THREE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING THE SIXTEENTH ROUND
7 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON SAINT LUCIA, OMAN AND AUSTRIA
7 June 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 June 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NIGERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
7 June 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS KILLING OF PROTESTORS IN OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS AND URGES INVESTIGATIONS
7 June 2011
UN OFFICIAL URGES STRONGER ACTION TO PROTECT IRAQI CIVILIANS
7 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON NAURU, RWANDA AND NEPAL
7 June 2011
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS COMMITTEE REVIEWS REPORTS OF EGYPT UNDER CONVENTION AND PROTOCOLS ON INVOLVEMENT IN ARMED CONFLICT AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
7 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DPRK
7 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL HOLDS MEETING WITH GREEN CROSS INTERNATIONAL
7 June 2011
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NIGERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL
7 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH PERMANENT OBSERVER OF SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
7 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH ASEAN COMMITTEE
6 June 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE ISSUES CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON COUNTRY REPORTS EXAMINED DURING FORTY-SIXTH SESSION
6 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OBSERVES RUSSIAN LANGUAGE DAY TO PROMOTE MULTILINGUALISM
6 June 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND DISCUSSES REPORT ON DRAFT PROTOCOL TO CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
6 June 2011
"THE RECYCLING LABYRINTH" EXHIBIT OPENED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL
6 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL PARTICIPATES IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT GROUP
6 June 2011
EVENT TO MARK WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY ATTENDED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL
6 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENT-DESIGNATE OF UPCOMING BWC REVIEW CONFERENCE
3 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF THEMATIC REPORTS AND STARTS GENERAL DEBATE
3 June 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF CAMBODIA
3 June 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES ITS SPRING SESSION
3 June 2011
THE INTERNET SHOULD REMAIN AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE, SAYS UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
3 June 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION AND ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
3 June 2011
RIGHT TO FOOD EXPERT SUMMIT IN BOGOTÁ TO ASSESS PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN LATIN AMERICA
3 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL CELEBRATES ETHIOPIA NATIONAL DAY
3 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH REGIONAL OMBUDSMAN
1 June 2011
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN LIBYA RELEASES REPORT
1 June 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF TERRORISM
1 June 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF BAHRAIN
1 June 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT
1 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON RIGHT TO HEALTH AND ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
1 June 2011
TRAFFICKED PERSONS DESERVE EFFECTIVE REMEDIES AS VICTIMS OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, UN EXPERT SAYS
1 June 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT BEGINS PRESIDENCY OF COLOMBIA
1 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON FOREIGN DEBT AND EXTREME POVERTY
1 June 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS NOT EXPENDABLE EVEN IN TIMES OF CRISIS AND RECOVERY, WARNS UN EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY
1 June 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL PARTICIPATES IN PLENARY OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
1 June 2011
100TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE OPENED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL
31 May 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON FOREIGN DEBT AND EXTREME POVERTY
31 May 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
31 May 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
31 May 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS, THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
31 May 2011
WASTE MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN POLAND: CHALLENGES AND WAYS FORWARD
31 May 2011
BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR A SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE GLOBALIZATION
31 May 2011
COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DEBATE ON SUMMARY EXECUTIONS, TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES
31 May 2011
HUNGARY/RACISM: “TIME TO TRANSFORM INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS INTO EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION AT HOME” – UN EXPERT
31 May 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS “REPREHENSIBLE” VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS IN TAIZ, YEMEN
31 May 2011
MEETINGS OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL – SUMMARY FOR MAY 2011
31 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL CELEBRATES THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ITALIAN STATE
31 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL ATTENDS SWEARING-IN CEREMONY FOR CITY OF GENEVA
31 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE GENEVA DISCUSSIONS
31 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH HEAD OF JOINT INSPECTION UNIT
30 May 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON SUMMARY EXECUTIONS, INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS, TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS
30 May 2011
RIGHT TO HEALTH: UN EXPERT COMMENDS GHANA, BUT HIGHLIGHTS KEY CHALLENGES AHEAD
30 May 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE
30 May 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER PRESENTS UPDATE ON HER OFFICE’S ACTIVITIES AT OPENING OF SEVENTEENTH SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
30 May 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION
30 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UN PEACEKEEPERS
30 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FINLAND
27 May 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP TO COMMUNICATIONS AND CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
27 May 2011
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT LAUNCHES THIRD MISSION TO SUDAN AND SOUTH SUDAN
27 May 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF HAILS ARREST OF RATKO MLADIĆ
27 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
26 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH HEAD OF IOM
26 May 2011
UN EXPERT SAYS THERE SHOULD BE “NO IMPUNITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED IN THE NAME OF COUNTER-TERRORISM” IN TUNISIA
26 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL INTERVIEWED BY TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE AND NASHAGAZETA
26 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL TAKES PART IN CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT PLENARY
26 May 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD TO HOLD FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 30 MAY TO 17 JUNE 2011
26 May 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEVENTEENTH SESSION FROM 30 MAY TO 17 JUNE
26 May 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT: END OF CHINA’S PRESIDENCY
26 May 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR RETURNS TO CAMBODIA
25 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL HOLDS TOWN HALL WITH UNOG STAFF
25 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL OF IPU
25 May 2011
UN HIGH COMMISSIONER HIGHLIGHTS ISSUES RELATING TO TREATMENT OF AUSTRALIA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AT END OF TRIP
24 May 2011
EXHIBITION ON GAGARIN: THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST MANNED MISSION TO SPACE OPENED BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL
24 May 2011
ROMANIA: UN EXPERT URGES GOVERNMENT TO POSTPONE THE ENACTMENT OF FOUR NEW CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS UNTIL KEY CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE
24 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF IRELAND
24 May 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
24 May 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 May 2011
TRANSITION IN TUNISIA – “OPPORTUNITY TO ERADICATE TORTURE NOT TO BE MISSED,” UN RIGHTS EXPERT SAYS
24 May 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT WELCOMES KASSYM-JOMART TOKAYEV AS ITS NEW SECRETARY-GENERAL
24 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
24 May 2011
SUDAN: HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN ABYEI
24 May 2011
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT WELCOMES APPOINTMENTS TO NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IN BURUNDI
23 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF MONACO
23 May 2011
TOXIC WASTE: FIRST MISSION TO POLAND BY UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT ON TOXIC WASTE
23 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH HEAD OF OPCW
23 May 2011
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SAYS SITUATION OF ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS IN MYANMAR RESTRICTS TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY
23 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF IRELAND
20 May 2011
“CRIMINALIZING ALL FORMS OF SLAVERY AND PROTECTING VICTIMS, KEY PRIORITIES FOR PERU,” SAYS UN EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY
20 May 2011
PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT: “MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE IN PORTUGAL” – UN EXPERT GROUP
20 May 2011
UN LAUNCHES FIRST GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
20 May 2011
COUNTER-TERRORISM: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT CONDUCTS FOLLOW-UP MISSION TO TUNISIA
20 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF DELEGATION OF MAURITIUS
20 May 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-SIXTH SESSION
20 May 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF MONACO
19 May 2011
THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
19 May 2011
RIGHT TO HEALTH: UN EXPERT LAUNCHES FIRST MISSION TO GHANA
19 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF DELEGATION OF FINLAND
19 May 2011
‘VULTURE FUNDS’ – UN EXPERT WELCOMES UNITED KINGDOM LAW TO HALT PROFITEERING, BUT WARNS THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER YET
19 May 2011
UN EXPERT ON RACISM TO MAKE FOLLOW-UP VISIT TO HUNGARY
19 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF MAURITIUS
18 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF DELEGATION OF TURKMENISTAN
18 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF FINLAND
18 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL HOLDS VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH STUDENTS FROM MGIMO
18 May 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF NAVI PILLAY TO VISIT AUSTRALIA FROM 20 TO 25 MAY 2011
18 May 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE WORLD FEDERATION OF UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATIONS (WFUNA)
17 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF GHANA
17 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF TURKMENISTAN
17 May 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 May 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS SECOND PART OF ITS 2011 SESSION AND DISCUSSES THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CONFERENCE
17 May 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER HIGHLIGHTS CRUCIAL ROLE OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS IN PREVENTING VIOLATIONS AND PROTECTING RIGHTS
16 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE MEETS WITH STATES PARTIES TO DISCUSS ITS WORKING METHODS, INCLUDING THE NEW OPTIONAL PROCEDURE
16 May 2011
UN EXPERT ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS SAYS BULGARIA’S JUDICIAL REFORM STILL FACES MAJOR CHALLENGES
16 May 2011
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO OPENING SESSION OF SIXTY-FOURTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
16 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF GHANA
16 May 2011
UN EXPERT TO VISIT ROMANIA TO ASSESS JUDICIAL REFORM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS
16 May 2011
STATEMENT BY UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT ON SIXTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE PALESTINIAN NAKBA
13 May 2011
HIGH COMMISIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMES 100TH RATIFICATION OF TREATY DESIGNED TO CURE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
13 May 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 May 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS: WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT TO VISIT PORTUGAL
12 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF KUWAIT
12 May 2011
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE LAUNCHES FIRST MISSION TO TUNISIA UNDER TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT
12 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE DISCUSSES WAYS TO ENHANCE COOPERATION WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
12 May 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
12 May 2011
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR HIGHLIGHTS GROWING VULNERABILITY OF CHILDREN TO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN MAURITIUS DESPITE EFFORTS (in French)
12 May 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS: UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT TO CARRY OUT SECOND VISIT TO BURUNDI
11 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF SLOVENIA
11 May 2011
SPORT FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT FORUM WRAPS UP IN GENEVA
11 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF KUWAIT
11 May 2011
REMARKS BY UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SECOND INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON SPORT, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
11 May 2011
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON AT PALAIS DES NATIONS IN GENEVA ON 11 MAY 2011
10 May 2011
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON IN GENEVA ON LAUNCH OF 2011 GLOBAL ASSESSMENT REPORT ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
10 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE MEETS WITH SUBCOMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE
10 May 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF YEMEN
10 May 2011
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL DELIVERS REMARKS TO THIRD SESSION OF THE GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
10 May 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF SLOVENIA
10 May 2011
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES ROUNDTABLE ON STRENGTHENING PREPAREDNESS FOR NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS
10 May 2011
FORUM ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE OPENS AT UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
9 May 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GABON PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS FORTY-SIXTH SESSION
9 May 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF GERMANY
9 May 2011
BULGARIA: UN EXPERT LAUNCHES MISSION ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS
6 May 2011
UN EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY IN FIRST VISIT TO PERU
6 May 2011
OSAMA BIN LADEN: STATEMENT BY THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON SUMMARY EXECUTIONS AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM
6 May 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 May 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PORTUGAL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE IN GENEVA
5 May 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
5 May 2011
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HOLDS FORTY-SIXTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 9 MAY TO 3 JUNE 2011
5 May 2011
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE IN GENEVA
5 May 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT DIRE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN BAHRAIN
4 May 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER URGES KYRGYZSTAN TO ACT ON CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND RECONCILIATION IN NEW REPORT ON 2010 VIOLENCE
4 May 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF TURKEY
4 May 2011
NEW UN EXPERTS BEGIN WORK ON THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS MANDATES
3 May 2011
UN EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT ON CHILDREN OF THE PROLONGED ISRAELI OCCUPATION
3 May 2011
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INVESTIGATING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN LIBYA ENDS FIELD VISITS TO EGYPT, LIBYA AND TUNISIA
3 May 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 May 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS DISCUSSION WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
2 May 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-SIXTH SESSION
2 May 2011
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: UN EXPERT SAYS THAT AT THIS HISTORIC JUNCTURE, GOVERNMENTS MUST CHOOSE REFORM OVER REPRESSION
2 May 2011
UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS AUTHORITIES’ EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE IS FUELLING CRISIS IN UGANDA
29 April 2011
FIRST VISIT BY UN EXPERT ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TO MAURITIUS
29 April 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES SPECIAL SESSION ON SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
29 April 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION ON SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC IN SPECIAL SESSION
29 April 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 April 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER HIGHLIGHTS EFFORTS AND CHALLENGES AT END OF VISIT TO MAURITANIA
29 April 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEBATES SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC IN SPECIAL SESSION
28 April 2011
ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW TO BE HELD FROM 2 TO 13 MAY 2011
28 April 2011
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS FORTY-SIXTH SESSION FROM 2 TO 20 MAY IN GENEVA
28 April 2011
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $880 MILLION
27 April 2011
UN EXPERT SHOCKED BY TRAGIC KILLING OF POLITICAL ACTIVIST IN ALGERIA
27 April 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION ON 29 APRIL ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
26 April 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES REPORT ON SRI LANKA, URGES FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO CONDUCT DURING FINAL STAGES OF THE WAR
26 April 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 April 2011
BRAZIL OFF-COURSE FOR WORLD CUP AND OLYMPICS, SAYS UN HOUSING EXPERT
26 April 2011
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES TO VISIT THE REGION
21 April 2011
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN ARGENTINA: VIOLATIONS DESPITE STATE COMMITMENTS
20 April 2011
PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NEPAL
20 April 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS LIBYA’S INDISCRIMINATE ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS IN MISRATA MAY BE INTERNATIONAL CRIMES
19 April 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 April 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION TO BID FAREWELL TO ITS SECRETARY-GENERAL SERGEI ORDZHONIKIDZE
19 April 2011
UN EXPERT SAYS FULL GUARANTEE OF THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS ESSENTIAL AS ALGERIA EMBARKS ON POLITICAL REFORMS
15 April 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS IRAQI OPERATION THAT LED TO 34 DEATHS, CALLS FOR INQUIRY
15 April 2011
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETING PREPARES FOR 2011 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
15 April 2011
UN CULTURAL RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS FOR BETTER PROMOTION OF CULTURAL RIGHTS AND DIVERSITY IN AUSTRIA
15 April 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 April 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONCLUDES FIFTH SESSION
15 April 2011
UN EXPERTS CALL ON SYRIA TO URGENTLY END CRACKDOWN AND IMPLEMENT REFORMS
13 April 2011
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO HOUSING CARRIES OUT OFFICIAL VISIT TO ARGENTINA (Spanish only)
13 April 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONSIDERS REPORT OF TUNISIA
13 April 2011
UN COMMITTEE ALARMED BY DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES OF LIBYAN ARMED CONFLICT FOR MIGRANT WORKERS’ RIGHTS
12 April 2011
PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL APPOINTS INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE
12 April 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 April 2011
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETING TO PREPARE FOR 2011 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
11 April 2011
“I AM FRUSTRATED BY MY LACK OF ACCESS TO BRADLEY E. MANNING,” SAYS THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE
11 April 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKMENISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
11 April 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONCLUDES DISCUSSION WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
11 April 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OPENS FIFTH SESSION
11 April 2011
AS MORE KILLINGS COME TO LIGHT IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE, NAVI PILLAY WELCOMES PRESIDENT OUATTARA’S COMMITMENT TO BRING THOSE RESPONSIBLE TO JUSTICE
8 April 2011
UN EXPERT BODY CONCERNED ABOUT RECENT WAVE OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES IN CHINA
8 April 2011
OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN EGYPT BUT MANY CHALLENGES LIE AHEAD
8 April 2011
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES FOURTEENTH SESSION
8 April 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 April 2011
MERCENARIES STILL POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO HUMAN RIGHTS, WARNS UN EXPERT BODY
8 April 2011
UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM ON OPINION AND EXPRESSION MAKES FIRST VISIT TO ALGERIA
7 April 2011
GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES ITS SEVENTY-FIRST SESSION
7 April 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO HOLD FIFTH SESSION FROM 11 TO 15 APRIL 2011
7 April 2011
“KEEPING THE MOMENTUM GOING” - CALL TO ACTION BY UN SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT ON OCCASION OF HIS RE-APPOINTMENT AND TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MANDATE’S ESTABLISHMENT
5 April 2011
HUNGARY/FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: UN EXPERT STILL CONCERNED DESPITE MOVES ON CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA LEGISLATION
5 April 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERS REPORT OF MEXICO
5 April 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 April 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS OPENS FOURTEENTH SESSION
4 April 2011
AUSTRIA: UN EXPERT TO ASSESS IMPLEMENTATION OF CULTURAL RIGHTS
4 April 2011
SEVENTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 5 TO 7 APRIL
4 April 2011
MEXICO / DISAPPEARANCES: UN EXPERT BODY MAKES WIDE-RANGING RECOMMENDATIONS TO AUTHORITIES
4 April 2011
UN RIGHTS EXPERTS CALL ON ALL PARTIES IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE TO SPARE CIVILIANS AND STOP HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
1 April 2011
MONITORING BODY FOR COVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES SESSION, AFTER CONSIDERING REPORTS FROM TOGO, SLOVAKIA, SERBIA, MONGOLIA
1 April 2011
UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TO ENGAGE HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT ON CRITICIZED MEDIA LEGISLATION
1 April 2011
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