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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 TO HOLD 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
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
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
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
UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TO ENGAGE HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT ON CRITICIZED MEDIA LEGISLATION
1 April 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
31 March 2011
PARAGUAY: A RELIGIOUSLY PLURALISTIC SOCIETY WITH CHALLENGES AHEAD
31 March 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS TO HOLD FOURTEENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 4 TO 8 APRIL
30 March 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES A PROGRAMME OF WORK
30 March 2011
VIET NAM: A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH IS KEY IN ADDRESSING NEW DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES, SAYS UN EXPERT ON DEBT
29 March 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 March 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS TIMETABLE OF INFORMAL MEETINGS TO DISCUSS ITS AGENDA ITEMS
28 March 2011
CONTINUED KILLINGS OF PROTESTORS RISKS SENDING SYRIA INTO DOWNWARD SPIRAL
25 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES SIXTEENTH SESSION
25 March 2011
COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE ON RACISM, ADOPTS TEXTS ON RIGHT TO FOOD, HIV/AIDS, SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB STATES
25 March 2011
SENTENCE GIVEN TO CHINESE ACTIVIST LIU XIANBIN “EXTREMELY HARSH” – PILLAY
25 March 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATES ON MYANMAR AND TORTURE, DECIDES TO DISPATCH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO CÔTE D’IVOIRE
25 March 2011
CCW GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS TO CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND PREPARE FOR FOURTH REVIEW CONFERENCE
24 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATES ON THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN DEBT AND ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES
24 March 2011
UN EXPERT BODY WARNS THAT A WAVE OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES IN LIBYA MAY AMOUNT TO A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
24 March 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE CESSATION OF THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE AND PREVENTING NUCLEAR WAR
24 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CREATES MANDATE ON IRAN, EXTENDS MANDATE ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
23 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UN DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING, APPOINTS MANDATE HOLDERS AND MEMBERS OF SUBSIDIARY BODIES
23 March 2011
COUNCIL TAKES UP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING, DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND OTHERS
23 March 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SPAIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
23 March 2011
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: FIGHT IMPUNITY BY PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO THE TRUTH ABOUT GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
22 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED FORMS OF INTOLERANCE
22 March 2011
BROKEN PROMISES IN BAHRAIN – UN EXPERTS QUESTION GOVERNMENT’S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITMENTS
22 March 2011
FIRST VISIT BY UN EXPERT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO PARAGUAY
22 March 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 March 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE
22 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON FOLLOW-UP AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
21 March 2011
ISRAEL: UN RIGHTS EXPERT RAISES ALARM ON GROWING DETERIORATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN EAST JERUSALEM
21 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
21 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
21 March 2011
UN EXPERT GROUP ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES STUDIES OVER 200 CASES DURING SESSION AND STARTS FACT-FINDING MISSION TO MEXICO
21 March 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH COMMITTEE OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS ON FOLLOW-UP TO RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
21 March 2011
UN ENVOY OPENS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT FOR PEACE IN RWANDA
18 March 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS SENEGAL HAS MADE IMPORTANT ADVANCES, BUT GAPS REMAIN
18 March 2011
COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON THE UNITED STATES, HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
18 March 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS SAY THE KILLING OF PROTESTERS IN YEMEN MUST STOP
18 March 2011
STATEMENT BY GROUP OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
18 March 2011
WATER AND SANITATION: A HUMAN RIGHT FOR ALL, EVEN SLUM-DWELLERS AND THE HOMELESS
18 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON MICRONESIA AND MAURITANIA
18 March 2011
UN EXPERT WARNS THAT SITUATION IN ABYEI COULD DERAIL THE ENTIRE PEACE PROCESS IN SUDAN
18 March 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 March 2011
UN EXPERT WILL VISIT VIET NAM TO LOOK AT THE IMPLICATIONS OF MOUNTING EXTERNAL DEBT AND THE TRADE DEFICIT
17 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, CROATIA AND JAMAICA
17 March 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES VARIOUS AGENDA ITEMS INCLUDING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, DISARMAMENT AND TRANSPARENCY
17 March 2011
SURINAME: UN EXPERT CALLS FOR FURTHER DIALOGUE ON INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL LAND ISSUES
17 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON BULGARIA, HONDURAS AND LEBANON
17 March 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF ALARMED BY MILITARY TAKEOVER OF HOSPITALS IN BAHRAIN
16 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON PANAMA, THE MALDIVES AND ANDORRA
16 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES ON LIBERIA, MALAWI AND MONGOLIA
15 March 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES AND GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS
15 March 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
15 March 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF JAPAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
14 March 2011
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: UN EXPERT BODY LAUNCHES FACT-FINDING MISSION TO MEXICO
14 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONSIDERS FOLLOW UP TO ITS SPECIAL SESSIONS ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE AND ON LIBYA
14 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR
14 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF KOREA
11 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
11 March 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES SEVENTY-EIGHTH SESSION
11 March 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF NAVI PILLAY TO VISIT GUINEA AND SENEGAL, 13-18 MARCH
11 March 2011
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN LIBYA
11 March 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS ASPECTS OF HOSTAGE TAKING AND TERRORISM
11 March 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT SAYS ISRAEL MUST STOP DEMOLITIONS IN THE WEST BANK
11 March 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
10 March 2011
AN E-DIGEST ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF – 25 YEARS OF THOUGHT BY FOUR UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS
10 March 2011
SITUATION IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE "DETERIORATING ALARMINGLY" SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
10 March 2011
PILLAY CONDEMNS LIBYAN SECURITY FORCES VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALISTS
10 March 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
10 March 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NEGATIVE SECURITY ASSURANCES
9 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES ANNUAL DAY OF DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD WITH A FOCUS ON CHILDREN LIVING AND OR WORKING ON THE STREET
9 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS ANNUAL FULL DAY MEETING ON PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WORKING AND LIVING IN THE STREET
9 March 2011
COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN AND ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN
8 March 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN AND ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN AND CHILD PROSTITUTION
8 March 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF RWANDA
8 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON RIGHT TO FOOD AND ON ADEQUATE HOUSING
8 March 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 March 2011
ECO-FARMING CAN DOUBLE FOOD PRODUCTION IN 10 YEARS, SAYS NEW UN REPORT
8 March 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OF GEORGIA AND OBSERVES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
8 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES, ARBITRARY DETENTION AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE
8 March 2011
UN EXPERT ON HOUSING SAYS HOUSING RIGHTS ARE ROUTINELY IGNORED IN POST-CONFLICT AND DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION ACTION
8 March 2011
“IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE,” UN EXPERTS URGE GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE WOMEN’S RIGHT TO EQUALITY
7 March 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HOLDS DAY OF DISCUSSION ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
7 March 2011
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR
7 March 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES, ARBITRARY DETENTION, AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
7 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS WHILE COUNTERING TERRORISM AND ON TORTURE
7 March 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GEORGIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
7 March 2011
UN ISSUES REGIONAL FLASH APPEAL FOR LIBYA
7 March 2011
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY STATEMENT BY THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY
4 March 2011
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY THREE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING THE FIFTEENTH SESSION
4 March 2011
FROM DISCRIMINATION TO ACCESSIBILITY, UN EXPERT RAISES QUESTIONS ON WATER AND SANITATION IN THE UNITED STATES
4 March 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
4 March 2011
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: UN EXPERT BODY ON DISCRIMINATION RAISES ALARM ON ETHNIC VIOLENCE AND INCITEMENT TO HATRED
4 March 2011
DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER PRESENTS THEMATIC REPORTS BY THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
4 March 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 March 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT ON SUDAN TO STUDY POST-REFERENDUM SITUATION IN SOUTH SUDAN
3 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
3 March 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF LITHUANIA
3 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON HER ANNUAL REPORT
3 March 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES FISSILE MATERIAL
3 March 2011
UN REPORT OUTLINES STARK SITUATION OF VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
2 March 2011
UN EXPERTS CONDEMN KILLING OF MINORITIES MINISTER IN PAKISTAN AND URGE PROTECTION OF MINORITIES IN LAW AND IN PRACTICE
2 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL SEGMENT DISCUSSION
2 March 2011
COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE FULL ENJOYMENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
2 March 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CONDEMNS PAKISTAN ASSASSINATION, URGES REFORM OF BLASPHEMY LAWS
2 March 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
2 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
2 March 2011
SOMALIA ON THE BRINK OF A HUMANITARIAN DISASTER WARNS UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT
2 March 2011
LIBYA: UN EXPERT BODY ON DISCRIMINATION ISSUES URGENT CALL FOR PROTECTION OF FOREIGN CITIZENS AND MINORITY GROUPS IN LIBYA
1 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 12 DIGNITARIES AS IT CONTINUES ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
1 March 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESSES FROM DIGNITARIES FROM ROMANIA, JAPAN AND ALBANIA
1 March 2011
PREPARATIONS FOR THE CCW FOURTH REVIEW CONFERENCE UNDERWAY WHILE NEGOTIATIONS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONTINUE
1 March 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ARMENIA
1 March 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS SECOND DAY OF HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
1 March 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1 March 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESSES FROM DIGNITARIES
1 March 2011
NAVI PILLAY CONCERNED ABOUT CIVIL SOCIETY CRACKDOWN AFTER MASS ARRESTS IN ZIMBABWE
1 March 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WARNS AGAINST USE OF FORCE IN YEMEN
1 March 2011
HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO TO RELEASE REPORT ON REMEDIES AND REPARATIONS
28 February 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 24 DIGNITARIES AS IT CONTINUES ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
28 February 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESSES BY DIGNITARIES FROM CANADA, FINLAND, THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
28 February 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF YEMEN
28 February 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS SIXTEENTH SESSION AND STARTS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
28 February 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESSES FROM PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND AUSTRIAN MINISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
25 February 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL URGES LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO STOP ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIANS AND RESPECT THE POPULAR WILL OF THE PEOPLE
25 February 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION ON LIBYA IN SPECIAL SESSION
25 February 2011
STATEMENT DELIVERED ON BEHALF OF ALL SPECIAL PROCEDURES MANDATE HOLDERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AT THE FIFTEENTH SPECIAL SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
25 February 2011
UN TORTURE PREVENTION BODY SHIFTS TO HIGHER GEAR WITH INCREASED CAPACITY
25 February 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF SERBIA
25 February 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 February 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEBATES SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN LIBYA
25 February 2011
STATEMENT BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT SPECIAL SESSION ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE LIBYA
24 February 2011
MYANMAR’S HUMAN RIGHTS PROBLEMS ARE AFFECTING OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, WARNS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
24 February 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF SPAIN
24 February 2011
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: “THE PATTERNS OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CONTINUE” – UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
24 February 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SIXTEENTH SESSION FROM 28 FEBRUARY TO 25 MARCH 2011
24 February 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES THE WAY FORWARD ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
24 February 2011
“CRITICISM IS NOT A CRIME,” SAYS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CAMBODIA
24 February 2011
REMARKS BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA UPON THE RETURN OF THE ZERO EMISSIONS RACE TO THE PALAIS DES NATIONS
24 February 2011
THE QUEST FOR DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE SUPPORTED SAYS UN EXPERT MISSION ON TUNISIA
23 February 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF IRELAND
23 February 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
22 February 2011
UN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES SOLOMON ISLANDS TO BREAK DEPENDENCY ON FOREIGN AID
22 February 2011
UN EXPERTS TO LIBYA: “STOP THE MASSACRE”
22 February 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES THE WAY FORWARD ON A PROGRAMME OF WORK
22 February 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF NORWAY
22 February 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 February 2011
LIBYA: HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO VIOLENT SUPPRESSION OF PROTESTS
21 February 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CONCERNED ABOUT SENTENCING OF POLITICAL OPPONENTS IN BELARUS, URGES AUTHORITIES TO PUT AN END TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
21 February 2011
UN EXPERT TO STUDY UNITED STATES’ ROLE AS LEADER IN FOREIGN AID TO WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS
21 February 2011
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION IN IRELAND, NORWAY, SERBIA AND SPAIN
18 February 2011
UN EXPERTS URGE AUTHORITIES IN BAHRAIN AND LIBYA TO GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING INJURED OR KILLED
18 February 2011
PILLAY DENOUNCES VIOLENCE BY SECURITY FORCES IN LIBYA, BAHRAIN AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
18 February 2011
HIGHLIGHTS OF REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 February 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF URUGUAY
17 February 2011
UN EXPERTS SAY TRANSITION PROCESS SHOULD NOT OVERSHADOW ACCOUNTABILITY IN EGYPT
17 February 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 20 SPEAKERS ON VARIOUS DISARMAMENT ISSUES
17 February 2011
OPENING REMARKS BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE DURING HER MISSION TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
17 February 2011
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT MICHEL FORST TO CONDUCT FOLLOW UP VISIT TO HAITI
17 February 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF CUBA
16 February 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BELGIUM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
16 February 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF BOLIVIA
15 February 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 February 2011
NGOS ADDRESS COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION IN BOLIVIA AND URUGUAY
15 February 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND MOROCCO
14 February 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS SEVENTY-EIGHTH SESSSION
14 February 2011
UN EXPERT SAYS A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH IS NEEDED FOR AUSTRALIA’S DEVELOPMENT AID PROGRAMMES
11 February 2011
OPENING REMARKS BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN JERUSALEM
11 February 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 February 2011
UN SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT ATTENDS LANDMARK GAME DURING MISSION TO ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
10 February 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 14 FEBRUARY TO 11 MARCH 2011
10 February 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS DISCUSSION ON EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS TO ASSURE AGAINST THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
10 February 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SENEGAL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
10 February 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
10 February 2011
UN EXPERT TO EXPLORE FOREIGN DEBT-HUMAN RIGHTS LINK IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
9 February 2011
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR RETURNS TO CAMBODIA
8 February 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES THE PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE
8 February 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 February 2011
UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT RUSSIA
4 February 2011
UN TO PRESENT BOAT TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO TO HELP REBUILD THEIR LIVES
4 February 2011
FIRST VISIT TO NEW CALEDONIA BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (in French only)
4 February 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION
4 February 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION
4 February 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
4 February 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 February 2011
STATEMENT BY THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN NORTH AFRICA
4 February 2011
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: UN EXPERT ON FOREIGN DEBT AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT AUSTRALIA
3 February 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES ISSUES RELATED TO FISSILE MATERIAL
3 February 2011
GOVERNMENTS MUST PAY MORE ATTENTION TO PEOPLE’S VOICES – UN EXPERTS
3 February 2011
UN WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES TO CARRY OUT FIRST MISSION TO TIMOR-LESTE FROM 7 TO 14 FEBRUARY 2011
2 February 2011
UN EXPERTS CALL FOR MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
2 February 2011
IRAN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CONCERNED ABOUT RECENT SPATE OF EXECUTIONS
2 February 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BOTSWANA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
2 February 2011
UN EXPERT URGES THE GOVERNMENT OF BURUNDI TO PRESS AHEAD WITH THE NEW INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
1 February 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
1 February 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1 February 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF OFFERS HAITIAN AUTHORITIES ASSISTANCE IN DUVALIER CASE
1 February 2011
EGYPT: CHANGE SYSTEM THAT BRED RIGHTS ABUSES, SAYS NAVI PILLAY
1 February 2011
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG BRIEFS CIVIL SOCIETY ON THE SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PRIORITIES FOR 2011
31 January 2011
COMMITTEE EXAMINES REPORTS OF MEXICO ON OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS TO CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF CHILD
28 January 2011
STATEMENT BY RICHARD FALK ON RECENT PERSONAL ATTACKS
28 January 2011
UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES GOVERNMENT RESTRAINT AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN EGYPT
28 January 2011
FIRST VISIT TO RWANDA BY A UN EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES
28 January 2011
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS
28 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORTS OF UKRAINE
28 January 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 January 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CROATIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR- GENERAL OF UNOG
28 January 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BURUNDI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
28 January 2011
UN EXPERT ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF ABDUCTEES
27 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
27 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF BELARUS
27 January 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS BY THE UNITED STATES ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ARMS CONTROL AND VERIFICATION
27 January 2011
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $680 MILLION
26 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF SRI LANKA
26 January 2011
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO LIVE UP TO ITS POTENTIAL
26 January 2011
TUNISIA: HIGH-LEVEL UN HUMAN RIGHTS MISSION TO START THURSDAY
26 January 2011
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HAS POTENTIAL TO PLAY CATALYTIC ROLE IN ADVANCING THE DISARMAMENT AGENDA
26 January 2011
PRESS REMARKS BY UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH LEADERS OF GREEK CYPRIOT COMMUNITY AND TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY
26 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF BELARUS
26 January 2011
STATEMENT BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF VICTIMS OF HOLOCAUST
26 January 2011
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
26 January 2011
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MORE THAN PLEDGES ARE NEEDED FOR WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH
25 January 2011
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
25 January 2011
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SPECIAL PROCEDURES ALLOW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO SHINE LIGHT ON ABUSES EVERYWHERE
25 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF BANGLADESH
25 January 2011
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MEMBER STATES TO REVERSE LOW LEVELS OF FUNDING FOR SOME APPEALS IN 2011 AS HUMANITARIAN NEEDS GROW
25 January 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 January 2011
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS FIRST PLENARY SESSION OF 2011
25 January 2011
'SCORE THE GOALS' COMIC BOOK LAUNCHED AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN GENEVA BY SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE
24 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
24 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF DENMARK
24 January 2011
COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOLLOWING UP ON “GOLDSTONE REPORT” ON GAZA CONFLICT TO MEET IN GENEVA
24 January 2011
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT APPLAUDS DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEES
21 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HOLDS SIXTH INFORMAL MEETING WITH STATES PARTIES
21 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF SOUTH AFRICA
21 January 2011
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UN EXPERT TO LAUNCH FACT-FINDING VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES
21 January 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 January 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SIXTH SESSION
21 January 2011
INDIA: “SPACE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IS BEING CONTRACTED,” WARNS UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
21 January 2011
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
21 January 2011
FIRST MISSION TO SOUTH AFRICA BY A UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MIGRANTS
21 January 2011
IRELAND / CRISIS: “PUT PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE OF POLICY MEASURES,” SAYS UN EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY
21 January 2011
NAVI PILLAY URGES MEXICAN AUTHORITIES TO STEP UP SEARCH FOR 40 MISSING MIGRANTS, AND INVESTIGATE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING ABDUCTION
20 January 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP OF ITS DRAFT DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
20 January 2011
2011 SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
20 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF LIECHTENSTEIN
20 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF SINGAPORE
20 January 2011
TENTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW TO BE HELD FROM 24 JANUARY TO 4 FEBRUARY 2011
20 January 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES IMPACT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REVIEW ON COMMITTEE
20 January 2011
CEREMONY TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST TO BE HELD ON 27 JANUARY
20 January 2011
UN EXPERT ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA LAUNCHES MISSION TO JAPAN
19 January 2011
HAITI / JEAN-CLAUDE DUVALIER: “JUSTICE MUST TAKE ITS COURSE,” SAYS UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT
19 January 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND RIGHT TO PEACE
19 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF KENYA
19 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF NEW ZEALAND
19 January 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO SEND TEAM TO TUNISIA, SAYS OVER 100 HAVE DIED DURING PROTESTS
19 January 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RIGHT TO FOOD
18 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF AFGHANISTAN
18 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF ISRAEL
18 January 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RIGHT TO PEACE
18 January 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 January 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OPENS SIXTH SESSION
17 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
17 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION
17 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION
14 January 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS: “WORDS MUST BECOME REALITY, EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE MUST END” IN TUNISIA
14 January 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 January 2011
SENEGAL AND EDUCATION: UN EXPERT SAYS, “QUALITY MUST BE ENSURED AS CHILDREN ARRIVE TO SCHOOL”
14 January 2011
ILLEGAL ACTS BY ISRAELI AUTHORITIES ON THE RISE IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT
13 January 2011
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE MONITORING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 17 JANUARY to 4 FEBRUARY 2011
13 January 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS SIXTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 17 TO 21 JANUARY 2011
13 January 2011
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HOLDS FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 17 JANUARY TO 4 FEBRUARY 2011
13 January 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF JAMAICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
13 January 2011
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ETHIOPIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
12 January 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO DEATHS IN TUNISIA
12 January 2011
CHILE - EASTER ISLAND: STATEMENT BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FOLLOWING EXPULSIONS OF RAPANUI (in Spanish only)
11 January 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 January 2011
HAITI: A YEAR AFTER DEVASTATING QUAKE, UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS ISSUES NEED ATTENTION
10 January 2011
IRELAND / POVERTY: FIRST MISSION BY A UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT IN OVER A DECADE
10 January 2011
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION VISITS SENEGAL STARTING 10 JANUARY (French only)
10 January 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: UN EXPERT LAUNCHES FACT-FINDING MISSION TO INDIA
7 January 2011
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CONDEMNS RELIGIOUS ATTACKS AROUND THE WORLD
7 January 2011
UN EXPERT PRAISES NEW CONGOLESE LAW ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
7 January 2011
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 January 2011
UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES AUTHORITIES TO RESPECT CITIZENS’ RIGHTS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER SUDAN REFERENDUM
4 January 2011
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF REMINDS AUTHORITIES OF THEIR OBLIGATION TO PROTECT CIVILIANS
31 December 2010
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: UN EXPERTS DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WHICH MAY AMOUNT TO CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
29 December 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KENYA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
29 December 2010
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF LA FRANCOPHONIE PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
23 December 2010
SPECIAL SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON CÔTE D'IVOIRE CONCLUDES AFTER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR END TO ALL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
23 December 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEBATES SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE
23 December 2010
"FROM FOOD SECURITY TO THE RIGHT TO FOOD" – UN EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS CHINA'S NEXT STEPS
23 December 2010
NEW CONVENTION ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE ENTERS INTO FORCE, BUT MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE, WARNS UN EXPERT BODY
22 December 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE SINCE THE ELECTIONS
21 December 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 December 2010
BELARUS: UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CONDEMNS VIOLENCE AND DETENTIONS, CALLS FOR FULL RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
20 December 2010
CÔTE D'IVOIRE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WARNS OF GROWING VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS
17 December 2010
UN EXPERT WELCOMES UNITED STATES’ ENDORSEMENT OF THE DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
17 December 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 December 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS STATES ARE IGNORING THEIR OWN REMEDIES TO MIGRANTS’ PROBLEMS
17 December 2010
MIGRANTS: GROWING CRIMINALIZATION, INTOLERANCE, XENOPHOBIA AND RACISM MARK KEY ANNIVERSARY
17 December 2010
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN CALLS FOR RELEASE OF DETAINED JOURNALISTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
16 December 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY THREE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING THE FOURTEENTH ROUND HELD ON 16 DECEMBER 2010
14 December 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 December 2010
UN EXPERT URGES GOVERNMENT OF MYANMAR TO RELEASE OVER 2,200 REMAINING PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
13 December 2010
DEEP CONCERNS OVER CRACKDOWN ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS SINCE LIU XIAOBO WAS AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
13 December 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO FOOD MAKES FIRST VISIT TO CHINA
13 December 2010
A MESSAGE ON MINORITY ISSUES FOR THE CORPORATE WORLD AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
10 December 2010
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETING OF STATES PARTIES CONCLUDES IN GENEVA
10 December 2010
MOZAMBIQUE: EFFORTS TO ENSURE JUSTICE FOR ALL THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY SHOULD BE REDOUBLED, SAYS UN EXPERT
10 December 2010
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UN EXPERT ENDS VISIT TO ZAMBIA
10 December 2010
EU-INDIA DRAFT FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: GENERIC MEDICATIONS UNDER THREAT, SAYS UN HEALTH EXPERT
10 December 2010
UN EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY TO VISIT ROMANIA
10 December 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 December 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY ON OCCASION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
9 December 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SINGAPORE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 December 2010
VOICES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION MUST NOT BE SILENCED, UN EXPERTS WARN
8 December 2010
STATEMENT BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON OCCASION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
7 December 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY (10 DECEMBER) TO BE MARKED BY MAJOR EVENTS IN GENEVA AND NEW YORK
7 December 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 December 2010
"TACKLING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WOULD ADDRESS THE GENDER DIMENSIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT GOALS," SAYS UN EXPERT ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
3 December 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 December 2010
UN EXPERT ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS TO VISIT MOZAMBIQUE
3 December 2010
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES THIRTEENTH SESSION
3 December 2010
CCW AMENDED PROTOCOL II ON MINES AND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES PROHIBITION INCREASES SYNERGIES WITH PROTOCOL V ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR AND CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
3 December 2010
STATES FORGE FURTHER EFFORTS AT STRENGTHENING IMPLEMENTATION OF CCW PROTOCOL V ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR
3 December 2010
CLUSTER MUNITIONS REMAIN THE FOCUS OF CCW AHEAD OF THE 2011 REVIEW CONFERENCE
3 December 2010
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UN EXPERT LAUNCHES VISIT TO ZAMBIA
3 December 2010
JOINT INSPECTION UNIT: 2010 WINTER SESSION
2 December 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS THAT ACTION ON BEHALF OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WILL PLAY KEY ROLE IN REDUCING POVERTY AND ACHIEVING DEVELOPMENT GOALS
2 December 2010
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEMBERS TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 6 TO 10 DECEMBER
2 December 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF HUNGARY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
2 December 2010
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
2 December 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KYRGYZ REPUBLIC PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
2 December 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WARNS CÔTE D’IVOIRE CANDIDATES THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR SUPPORTERS’ ACTS OF VIOLENCE
2 December 2010
STATEMENT BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON OCCASION OF WORLD AIDS DAY
30 November 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND OTHERS TO LAUNCH 2011 HUMANITARIAN APPEAL
30 November 2010
SLAVERY REMAINS INVISIBLE IN HOUSEHOLDS AROUND THE WORLD ACCORDING TO UN EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY
30 November 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 November 2010
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT SAYS PROLONGED OCCUPATION IS A NEW TYPE OF CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
29 November 2010
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA HOLDS SPECIAL MEETING TO COMMEMORATE THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
29 November 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES CÔTE D’IVOIRE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND SUPPORTERS TO CLEARLY RENOUNCE VIOLENCE
29 November 2010
CANCUN CLIMATE SUMMIT: UN FOOD EXPERT CALLS FOR A “GREEN MARSHALL PLAN FOR AGRICULTURE”
29 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS COMMEMORATES TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONVENTION
26 November 2010
STATEMENT BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
26 November 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF SENEGAL
25 November 2010
A NEW LANDMARK STEP THAT FURTHER EXPANDS THE PROTECTION OF VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
25 November 2010
MESSAGE OF UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEETING OF HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
24 November 2010
“ARE WE ACCOMPLICES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN?” ASKS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
24 November 2010
STATES MUST REDRESS WRONGS COMMITTED AGAINST TRAFFICKED PERSONS - “IT IS THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATION”
24 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERS REPORT OF ECUADOR
24 November 2010
UN RIGHTS CHIEF HAILS COMING INTO FORCE OF NEW TREATY ON DISAPPEARANCES
24 November 2010
MESSAGE OF UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO TWELFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES TO AMENDED PROTOCOL II TO CCW
24 November 2010
MESSAGE OF UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO FOURTH CONFERENCE OF HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES TO CCW PROTOCOL V ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR
23 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF ALBANIA
23 November 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 November 2010
100 COUNTRIES HAVE NOW ADOPTED THE TOOLS TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE
23 November 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CONCERNED BY IRANIAN CRACKDOWN ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
22 November 2010
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO BE COMMEMORATED AT PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 29 NOVEMBER 2010
22 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS OPENS THIRTEENTH SESSION
22 November 2010
STATES PARTIES TO CCW TO HEAR REPORT OF EXPERT GROUP MANDATED TO URGENTLY ADDRESS THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS
22 November 2010
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES CONTINUE TO BE FOCUS OF STATES PARTIES TO CCW AMENDED PROTOCOL II ON MINES, BOOBY-TRAPS AND OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
22 November 2010
CCW PROTOCOL ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR FURTHER ENHANCES IMPLEMENTATION AT FOURTH CONFERENCE
19 November 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FORTY-FIFTH SESSION
19 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-FIFTH SESSION
19 November 2010
BRAZIL: IMPORTANT STEPS TAKEN TO PROMOTE CULTURAL RIGHTS BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN, SAYS UN EXPERT
19 November 2010
SOUTH AFRICA SHOULD PURSUE EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES, SAY UN EXPERTS
19 November 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 November 2010
MILLIONS OF CHILDREN FACE VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
18 November 2010
ON WORLD TOILET DAY, UN COMMITTEE URGES STATES TO TAKE SANITATION SERIOUSLY
18 November 2010
UN EXPERT ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA MAKES FIRST VISIT TO REGION
18 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HOLDS THIRTEENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 22 NOVEMBER TO 3 DECEMBER
18 November 2010
BOLIVIA: BIG STRIDES IN THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS, BUT THERE IS STILL ROOM TO GROW – UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
16 November 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 November 2010
UN SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR HIS SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
15 November 2010
SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON HEALTH IN SYRIA, BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE, SAYS UN EXPERT
15 November 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI, CALLS FOR RELEASE OF OTHER POLITICAL PRISONERS
15 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
15 November 2010
UN EXPERT ON MYANMAR WELCOMES RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI
15 November 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS: ZAMBIAN LEGAL EXPERT TAKES OVER AS NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
12 November 2010
UN EXPERT WELCOMES CONGO PLAN TO INTRODUCE AFRICA’S FIRST-EVER LAW ON PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
12 November 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 November 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP TO COMMUNICATIONS AND CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
12 November 2010
UN EXPERTS URGE MYANMAR TO RELEASE AUNG SAN SUU KYI AND OTHER PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
11 November 2010
GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES ITS SEVENTIETH SESSION
11 November 2010
UN EXPERTS CONDEMN “BRUTAL SUMMARY EXECUTION” OF TEENAGE GIRLS IN SOMALIA
11 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORTS OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
10 November 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT BOLIVIA
10 November 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS REPORT OF CAMBODIA
9 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF SRI LANKA
9 November 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS REPORT OF ECUADOR
9 November 2010
SOUTH AFRICA: UN EXPERTS TO DISCUSS THE REGULATION OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES
9 November 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 November 2010
SEVENTIETH SESSION OF THE UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 9 TO 11 NOVEMBER
8 November 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS REPORT OF MONGOLIA
8 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF SWITZERLAND
8 November 2010
NAVI PILLAY TO ADDRESS KEY INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN MEXICO
5 November 2010
BRAZIL: FIRST MISSION BY A UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON CULTURAL RIGHTS
5 November 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE REVIEWS REPORT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
5 November 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURUNDI TO VISIT BURUNDI FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM 8 TO 17 NOVEMBER (In French)
5 November 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
4 November 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES BETTER PROTECTION FOR IRAQ’S RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES
4 November 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF TURKEY
4 November 2010
“I AM A SURVIVOR OF TORTURE MYSELF” SAYS NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE JUAN E. MÉNDEZ
4 November 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ZIMBABWE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
4 November 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TAJIKISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
3 November 2010
UN EXPERT PANEL STARTS TO REVIEW OVER 300 CASES OF DISAPPEARANCES
3 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF URUGUAY
3 November 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE EXAMINES REPORT OF ETHIOPIA
2 November 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS VALERIE AMOS
2 November 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE DISCUSSES ISTANBUL PROTOCOL
2 November 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 November 2010
RACISM PLAGUES EVERY SOCIETY, SAYS UN EXPERT
1 November 2010
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS BRIEF COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ON SITUATION IN NETHERLANDS AND SWITZERLAND
1 November 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS FORTY-FIFTH SESSION IN GENEVA
1 November 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-FIFTH SESSION
29 October 2010
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR IN FIRST MISSION TO THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO
29 October 2010
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UN EXPERT LAUNCHES VISIT TO ALGERIA
29 October 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ONE HUNDRETH SESSION
29 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE COMMEMORATES ITS 100th SESSION
29 October 2010
UN EXPERT ON SALE OF CHILDREN SAYS CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE UNITED STATES BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN
29 October 2010
MYANMAR: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR “GENUINE ELECTIONS THAT MEET INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS”
29 October 2010
UN EXPERT DESCRIBES PRISON SENTENCES FOR PANAMANIAN JOURNALISTS AS A “WORRYING PRECEDENT”
28 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS FORTY-FIFTH SESSION FROM 1 TO 19 NOVEMBER 2010 IN GENEVA
28 October 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HOLDS FORTY-FIFTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 1 TO 19 NOVEMBER 2010
28 October 2010
NINTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW TO BE HELD FROM 1 TO 12 NOVEMBER 2010
28 October 2010
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US $590 MILLION
27 October 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF POLAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
27 October 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MONTENEGRO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
27 October 2010
THREE TOP UN HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES URGE PAKISTANI AUTHORITIES NOT TO LEAVE BEHIND THE MOST VULNERABLE FLOOD VICTIMS
26 October 2010
STATEMENT BY THE OFFICE OF THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE IRAQ WIKILEAKS
26 October 2010
UN EXPERT SAYS SECURITY COUNCIL’S COUNTER-TERRORISM MEASURES LACK LEGAL BASIS
26 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND TO VIEWS
26 October 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 October 2010
UN EXPERT URGES COUNTRIES TO FOCUS SOCIAL PROTECTION ON GENDER INEQUALITIES
22 October 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION
21 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FIRST READING OF DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
21 October 2010
UN EXPERTS CRITICIZE TREATMENT OF MIGRANTS AFTER DEPORTEE DIES WHILE IN CUSTODY OF A UNITED KINGDOM PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY
20 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
20 October 2010
UN EXPERT ON TORTURE WARNS THAT DETENTION FACILITIES ARE IN CRISIS IN GREECE
19 October 2010
UN EXPERT ON DISPLACED PERSONS SAYS HAITI IS STILL IN CRISIS
19 October 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF HUNGARY
19 October 2010
UN EXPERT BODY CALLS FOR STRONGER OVERSIGHT OF UNITED STATES’ PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN AFGHANISTAN
18 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
18 October 2010
MEXICO: GROWING VIOLENCE WILL ONLY BE OVERCOME WITH A STRONG AND INDEPENDENT JUSTICE SYSTEM, WARNS UN EXPERT
18 October 2010
“IN ROME, THE COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY REINVENTS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE,” SAYS UN EXPERT
15 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES METHODS OF WORK
15 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS EXCEPTIONAL REPORT ON INDIA
15 October 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF BELGIUM
15 October 2010
THE SHIFT TO LOW-CARBON AGRICULTURE IS BECOMING A MATTER OF URGENCY,” SAYS UN FOOD EXPERT
14 October 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS AT THE END OF THE THIRTEENTH SESSION
14 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
14 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF JORDAN
14 October 2010
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA AND ATD FOURTH WORLD TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY ON 18 OCTOBER
14 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS URGES THE UNITED STATES AND SOMALIA TO RATIFY THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
14 October 2010
DEVELOPMENT GOALS: RIGHTS ARE NOT RHETORIC URGES UN EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY
13 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF UGANDA
13 October 2010
UN PANEL URGES SUPPORT FOR SEXUAL VIOLENCE VICTIMS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
13 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF POLAND
12 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF MALTA
12 October 2010
WOMEN’S RIGHTS COMMITTEE DECRIES RISE IN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
12 October 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF EL SALVADOR
12 October 2010
UN EXPERT ON CHILD PROSTITUTION AND PORNOGRAPHY TO LAUNCH FACT-FINDING MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES
11 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
11 October 2010
UN EXPERTS URGE CHINA TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELEASE ALL PERSONS DETAINED FOR PEACEFULLY EXERCISING THEIR RIGHTS
11 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDREDTH SESSION
11 October 2010
NEW COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY FACES ITS FIRST TEST ON WORLD FOOD DAY
8 October 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONCLUDES FOURTH SESSION
7 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HOLDS DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION ON ACCESSABILITY
7 October 2010
UN EXPERT URGES GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR TO GUARANTEE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AFTER LAST WEEK’S VIOLENCE
7 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF TUNISIA
7 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD ITS ONE HUNDREDTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 11 TO 29 OCTOBER 2010
7 October 2010
UN EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: HUMAN TRAFFICKING KNOWS NO BORDER, AND REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IS IMPERATIVE AGAINST IT
7 October 2010
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE TO BEGIN FACT-FINDING MISSION TO GREECE
5 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF BURKINA FASO
5 October 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
4 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OPENS ITS FOURTH SESSION
4 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION
1 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION
1 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ESTABLISHES WORKING GROUP ON ACTIVITIES OF PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANIES, RENEWS MANDATES ON SUDAN AND SOMALIA
1 October 2010
UN RELEASES REPORT LISTING TEN YEARS OF ATROCITIES IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, IDENTIFIES JUSTICE OPTIONS
1 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF GUINEA-BISSAU AND KIRIBATI
1 October 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ESTABLISHES WORKING GROUP ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN LAW AND PRACTISE
1 October 2010
UNITED NATIONS UNITED TO MAKE THE RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION LEGALLY BINDING
1 October 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION
1 October 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1 October 2010
“MILLIONS OF OLDER PERSONS ARE DENIED THEIR RIGHTS,” SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
30 September 2010
COUNCIL ESTABLISHES MANDATE ON FREEDOM OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION, EXTENDS MANDATES ON ARBITRARY DETENTON, CAMBODIA AND HEALTH
30 September 2010
GLOBAL MIGRATION GROUP ISSUES STATEMENT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS IN IRREGULAR SITUATIONS
30 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO HOLD FOURTH SESSION FROM 4 TO 8 OCTOBER 2010
30 September 2010
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE MONITORING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TO HOLD FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 4 to 22 OCTOBER 2010
30 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATES ON HOUSING, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS WHILE COUNTERING TERRORISM AND MERCENARIES
30 September 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMOROS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
29 September 2010
UN EXPERT TO EXAMINE THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS IN MEXICO
29 September 2010
UN EXPERT SAYS FINDING DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR AND HELPING INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS ARE KEY ASPECTS OF PEACE-BUILDING IN IRAQ
29 September 2010
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT TO BE LAUNCHED FRIDAY, 1 OCTOBER
29 September 2010
STATEMENT BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA, SURYA P. SUBEDI
29 September 2010
UN HIGH-LEVEL PANEL TO HEAR FROM VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
29 September 2010
COUNCIL ADOPTS TEXTS ON FOLLOW-UP ON REPORT OF FACT-FINDING MISSION ON FLOTILLA ATTACK AND ON COMMITTEE OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS ON GAZA CONFLICT
29 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL FOCUSES ON SOMALIA AS IT TAKES UP THE ISSUE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING
28 September 2010
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CAMBODIA
28 September 2010
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE VISITS BRAZIL AND URUGUAY
28 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS DEBATE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM AND CHAIR OF WORKING GROUP ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
28 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON REPORT OF FACT-FINDING MISSION ON ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON THE HUMANITARIAN FLOTILLA
28 September 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 September 2010
FACT-FINDING MISSION ON THE ISRAELI ATTACK ON THE FLOTILLA CARRYING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO GAZA PRESENTS REPORT TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
27 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TAKES UP HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
24 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
24 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF NICARAGUA ON TWO OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS TO THE CONVENTION (in French only)
24 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD REVIEWS REPORTS OF SRI LANKA UNDER CONVENTION AND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
24 September 2010
UN PUBLISHES PRELIMINARY REPORT INTO MASS RAPES IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
24 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON THE INTEGRATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL
24 September 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
23 September 2010
UN INFORMATION SERVICE GENEVA LAUNCHES MULTI-MEDIA WEB PRESENCE
23 September 2010
UN FACT-FINDING MISSION ON GAZA FLOTILLA TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER ISSUING ITS REPORT
23 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF GUYANA, KUWAIT AND BELARUS
23 September 2010
UN EXPERT WARNS THAT DECREASING SUPPORT TO EDUCATION WILL JEOPARDIZE ADVANCES IN THE MILLENNIUM GOALS
22 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES OF SWEDEN, GRENADA AND TURKEY
22 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF KENYA AND ARMENIA
21 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES OF LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, SPAIN AND LESOTHO
21 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONSIDERS INDIGENOUS ISSUES
21 September 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORTS OF MONTENEGRO UNDER THE CONVENTION AND OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS
21 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORTS OF SUDAN ON THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND ON THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT (in French only)
21 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES OF KYRGYZSTAN AND GUINEA
21 September 2010
COMMITTEE FOLLOWING UP ON “GOLDSTONE REPORT” SAYS INVESTIGATIONS BY ISRAEL AND DE FACTO GAZA AUTHORITIES INADEQUATE
20 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
20 September 2010
MORE MUST BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN ARMENIA, SAYS UN EXPERT
20 September 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TELLS WORLD LEADERS THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ARE CENTRAL TO ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
20 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
17 September 2010
FIFTH EDITION OF GENEVA LECTURE SERIES HELD ON “BUILDING BRIDGES: INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE, IDENTITIES AND MIGRATION”
17 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
17 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DEBATE WITH INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON THE SUDAN
17 September 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 September 2010
“WITHOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, MILLENNIUM GOALS WILL FAIL,” SAY UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS
16 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA UNDER OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT AND ON CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND SALE
16 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF BURUNDI (in French only)
16 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
16 September 2010
AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IS FUNDAMENTAL IN PROTECTING CITIZENS FROM ARBITRARY DETENTION, UN WORKING GROUP TELLS ARMENIA
16 September 2010
UN EXPERT ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO FIND DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN GEORGIA
16 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS ON RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT, OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND THEMATIC ISSUES
16 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS DELIVER URGENT MESSAGE TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: “DON’T FORGET HUMAN RIGHTS IN ACHIEVING THE MILLENNIUM GOALS”
16 September 2010
UNOG, BELGIAN PRESIDENCY OF COUNCIL OF EU AND GENEVA CENTRE FOR DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF ARMED FORCES CO-CHAIR SEMINAR ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
15 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH INDEPENDENT EXPERTS ON SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION AND ON EXTREME POVERTY
15 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF SPAIN (in French only)
15 September 2010
SENIOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL CONDEMNS "RUTHLESS ATTACKS" ON CIVILIANS IN SOMALIA, CALLS FOR CONCERTED EFFORT TO TACKLE DECADES OF IMPUNITY
15 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF SIERRA LEONE UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT AND THE SALE AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
15 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS INTERACTIVE DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND TOXIC WASTE
14 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF GUATEMALA (in French only)
14 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF ANGOLA
14 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DEBATE ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY AND ON MERCENARIES
14 September 2010
UN EXPERT URGES SUDANESE GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE RECENT ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS IN NORTHERN DARFUR
14 September 2010
STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY: UNOG AND UNDP ORGANIZE A SOCCER MATCH TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
14 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
14 September 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT AND DISCUSSES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DISARMAMENT
14 September 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON THE UPDATE OF THE REPORT OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
13 September 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AFGHANISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
13 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS FIFTEENTH REGULAR SESSION
13 September 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR WARNS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FORCED EVICTIONS ON THE RIGHT TO HOUSING IN KAZAKHSTAN
13 September 2010
INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM TO MEET IN VILNIUS FROM 14 TO 17 SEPTEMBER 2010
13 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION
13 September 2010
UN EXPERT ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED TO VISIT CAUCASUS
8 September 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD HOLDS FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 13 SEPTEMBER TO 1 OCTOBER 2010
8 September 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS FIFTEENTH SESSION FROM 13 SEPTEMBER TO 1 OCTOBER 2010
8 September 2010
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
8 September 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SLOVENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
8 September 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SWEDEN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
8 September 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DENMARK PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
7 September 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DISARMAMENT
7 September 2010
“TWO TO THREE MILLION SYRIANS FACE FOOD INSECURITY,” ACCORDING TO UN FOOD EXPERT
7 September 2010
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO FOOD SAYS FOOD RIOTS ARE A RESULT OF A PREDICTABLE CRISIS AND UNPREPARED GOVERNMENTS
7 September 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 September 2010
ARBITRARY DETENTION: UN EXPERT BODY LAUNCHES MISSION TO ARMENIA
6 September 2010
KAZAKHSTAN: UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING TO FOCUS ON THE TRANSITION TO THE MARKET ECONOMY AND ITS IMPACT ON HOUSING RIGHTS
6 September 2010
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAUNCHES FACT-FINDING MISSION TO LATIN AMERICA
3 September 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 September 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CONDEMNS WEST BANK ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELIS
2 September 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE FOR “MAPPING REPORT” ON THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
31 August 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM MINISTER OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF CAMEROON
31 August 2010
“AS VIET NAM DEVELOPS, NEW EFFORTS ARE NEEDED TO ENSURE NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND,” SAYS UN EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY
31 August 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 August 2010
COUNTER-TERRORISM: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO VISIT PERU
30 August 2010
STATEMENT BY UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE DISAPPEARED
30 August 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERTS EXPRESS SERIOUS CONCERN AT THE EXECUTION OF FOUR MEN AFTER CONCLUDING ITS MISSION TO EQUATORIAL GUINEA
30 August 2010
SECOND 2010 SESSION OF GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS OPENS MEETING
27 August 2010
UN COMMEMORATES FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST NUCLEAR TESTS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS: ‘WE MUST EACH DO OUR PART TO BUILD A SAFER, MORE SECURE WORLD TODAY’
27 August 2010
RIGHT TO FOOD: FIRST VISIT TO SYRIA BY A UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
27 August 2010
THE UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SOMALIA CALLS FOR NATION-WIDE, GRASSROOTS ACTION TO PREVENT FURTHER BLOODSHED
27 August 2010
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERT MEETING CONCLUDES
27 August 2010
GAZA FLOTILLA: UN FACT-FINDING MISSION CONCLUDES VISIT TO TURKEY
27 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES ITS SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION
27 August 2010
UN OFFICE ON SPORT AND DEVELOPMENT RECOGNISED WITH UEFA AWARD
27 August 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 August 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CAPE VERDE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
27 August 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR URGENT MEASURES IN THE WAKE OF LATEST KILLINGS IN MEXICO
26 August 2010
ON FIRST WORLD DAY AGAINST NUCLEAR TESTS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘THERE IS REAL MOMENTUM BEHIND THIS GREAT CAUSE’ — ACHIEVING WORLD FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
25 August 2010
UN EXPERT ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS TO VISIT MOZAMBIQUE
24 August 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES UPCOMING HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DISARMAMENT
24 August 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 August 2010
UN EXPERT URGES ACCELERATION OF PROGRESS FOR RUSSIA'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
23 August 2010
GAZA FLOTILLA: UN FACT-FINDING MISSION TO INTERVIEW WITNESSES IN TURKEY AND JORDAN
23 August 2010
2010 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA
20 August 2010
UN EXPERT ON SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TO VISIT EL SALVADOR
20 August 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND EXTREME POVERTY TO VISIT VIET NAM
20 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ESTONIA
20 August 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 August 2010
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERTS TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 23 TO 27 AUGUST
19 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
18 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF DENMARK
17 August 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES UPCOMING HIGH-LEVEL SUMMIT ON DISARMAMENT TO BE HELD IN NEW YORK
17 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF MOROCCO
17 August 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF SLOVENIA
13 August 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF FRANCE
11 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF AUSTRALIA
10 August 2010
GAZA FLOTILLA: INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FACT-FINDING MISSION OPENS IN GENEVA
10 August 2010
SOMALIA: UN EXPERT CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO PROTECT CIVILIANS AND PURSUE RIGHTS VIOLATORS
10 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ROMANIA
10 August 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT MARKS SIXTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF NUCLEAR BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
10 August 2010
AFGHAN CIVILIAN CASUALTIES RISE THIRTY-ONE PER CENT IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2010
10 August 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 August 2010
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, SAYS UN EXPERT
6 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF UZBEKISTAN
6 August 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FIFTH SESSION
6 August 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SESSION AFTER ADOPTING FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
6 August 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 August 2010
FIRST JOINT MISSION BY EXPERTS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES TO VISIT MEXICO
6 August 2010
NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CONTINUE TO SUFFER, SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
5 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF IRAN
5 August 2010
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RIGHT OF PEOPLES TO PEACE, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
4 August 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS AFFECTED BY LEPROSY
4 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF EL SALVADOR
4 August 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RIGHT TO FOOD AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
3 August 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS: A MEDIA GUIDE TO THE NEW UN INDEPENDENT EXPERTS
3 August 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 August 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MAURITANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
3 August 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKEY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
3 August 2010
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSS STRENGTHENING ROLE OF NGOS IN WORK OF COMMITTEE
3 August 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ISSUE OF MISSING PERSONS
3 August 2010
UN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT MEXICO
2 August 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS AFFECTED BY LEPROSY
2 August 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OPENS FIFTH SESSION
2 August 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSSION
2 August 2010
UN EXPERT WELCOMES RECOGNITION OF ACCESS TO SAFE AND CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT
30 July 2010
CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION ENTERS FORCE, HIGHLIGHTING REVULSION TO ABHORRENT WEAPONS, POWER OF COLLABORATION TO CHANGE POLICIES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL
30 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES NINETY-NINTH SESSION
30 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 July 2010
HONDURAS: RECENT DISMISSAL OF JUDGES SENDS MESSAGE OF INTIMIDATION, WARN UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS (Spanish and French)
29 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
29 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS FIFTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 2 TO 6 AUGUST 2010
29 July 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 2 TO 27 AUGUST 2010
29 July 2010
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$650 MILLION
28 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND TO VIEWS
27 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 July 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY CO-CHAIRS OF GENEVA DISCUSSIONS
27 July 2010
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA WELCOMES KHMER ROUGE VERDICT
23 July 2010
NEW ZEALAND: MORE TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S RIGHTS, SAYS UN EXPERT
23 July 2010
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PANEL TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI RAID ON GAZA FLOTILLA ESTABLISHED
23 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 July 2010
UN EXPERT PANEL ON MERCENARIES PUSHES FOR STRONGER REGULATION OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES
22 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS REVISED GUIDELINES FOR STATE REPORTS
21 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
21 July 2010
UN EXPERT SAYS BILINGUAL EDUCATION IS KEY FOR VIET NAM’S MINORITIES
21 July 2010
UN RIGHTS EXPERTS ON TORTURE AND COUNTER-TERRORISM CONCERNED ABOUT FATE OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
20 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
20 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF CAMEROON
20 July 2010
ILLEGAL ACTS BY SECURITY FORCES THREATEN FRAGILE PEACE IN SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN, SAYS UN HUMAN RIGTHS CHIEF
19 July 2010
PARLIAMENTS CAN PLAY LEADING ROLE IN TACKLING TODAY’S CRISES, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WORLD CONFERENCE OF SPEAKERS OF PARLIAMENT
16 July 2010
PROTECT THE DISPLACED AND HELP THEM RETURN TO BUILD PEACE IN CENTRAL AFRICA, UN EXPERT SAYS
16 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF COLOMBIA
16 July 2010
UN EXPERT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN FOLLOW-UP MISSION TO NEW ZEALAND
16 July 2010
UN EXPERT TO STUDY JAPAN’S KEY ROLE AS BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL DONOR TO WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS
16 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 July 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT FINDS “ASTONISHINGLY HIGH RATES OF IMPUNITY FOR KILLINGS IN ECUADOR”
15 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GUIDELINES BY INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ON RESERVATIONS TO TREATIES
15 July 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK
14 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF ISRAEL
13 July 2010
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO HOUSING: PROBLEMS FROM THE PAST AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE IN POST CONFLICT CROATIA
13 July 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS FROM BULGARIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AS BULGARIA TAKES OVER PRESIDENCY OF CONFERENCE
13 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF ESTONIA
13 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 July 2010
ITALY: DRAFT WIRETAPPING LAW SHOULD BE SCRAPPED OR REVISED, SAYS UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
12 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS NINETY-NINTH SESSION
9 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 July 2010
UN REPRESENTATIVE ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED TO REVISIT CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
8 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS ITS NINETY-NINTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 12 to 30 JULY 2010
8 July 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL PROPOSAL FOR A PROGRAMME OF WORK
6 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 July 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM GROUP OF 21 ON PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE AND AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
2 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 July 2010
UN EXPERT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS TO INVESTIGATE CLAIMS OF UNLAWFUL KILLINGS IN ECUADOR
2 July 2010
FORTY-SIXTH SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR TO BE HELD IN GENEVA FROM 5 TO 23 JULY 2010
1 July 2010
UN EXPERT TO FOCUS ON HOUSING RIGHTS IN POST CONFLICT CROATIA DURING VISIT FROM 5 TO 13 JULY
1 July 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES TO VISIT VIET NAM
29 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 June 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS PUBLIC PLENARY
29 June 2010
ISRAEL MUST AVOID FURTHER VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN EAST JERUSALEM, SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT
25 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 June 2010
UN EXPERT PANEL STUDIES 170 DISAPPEARANCE CASES – TEN UNDER ITS URGENT ACTION PROCEDURE
25 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT WARNS ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN RUN-UP TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN BURUNDI
25 June 2010
STATEMENT BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE
24 June 2010
TORTURE STILL WIDESPREAD AND IMPUNITY PREVAILS, WARN FOUR UN EXPERT BODIES
22 June 2010
“AGROECOLOGY OUTPERFORMS LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL FARMING FOR GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY,” SAYS UN EXPERT
22 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 June 2010
PRESIDENT OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT PROVIDES UPDATE ON STATUS OF CONSULTATIONS ON A PROGRAMME OF WORK
18 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FOURTEENTH REGULAR SESSION
18 June 2010
COUNCIL NOMINATES MANDATE-HOLDERS ON EXECUTIONS, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, EDUCATION, TOXIC WASTE, BURUNDI, AND DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
18 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 June 2010
ARMENIA: UN EXPERT URGES GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS ONGOING OBSTACLES FACED BY HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
18 June 2010
OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: SYSTEMATIC AND CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST STOP, SAYS UN COMMITTEE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES
18 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS TWO RESOLUTIONS ON CULTURAL RIGHTS AND ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES
17 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF SPECIAL PROCEDURE ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR THREE YEARS
17 June 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MYANMAR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI
17 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA SAYS JUDICIARY FACES TREMENDOUS CHALLENGES IN DELIVERING JUSTICE FOR ALL
17 June 2010
UN EXPERT CALLS ON VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES TO WITHDRAW ARREST WARRANT OF TV CHANNEL PRESIDENT AND SECURE THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
16 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN HAITI
16 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM AND WORKING GROUP ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
15 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED FORMS OF INTOLERANCE
15 June 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENT FROM BRAZIL’S MINISTER OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS
15 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIENNA DECLARATION
15 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 June 2010
ALARMED BY ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN, UN EXPERTS CALL FOR RESTRAINT AND DIALOGUE
14 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON MATERNAL MORTALITY
14 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES SWIFT ACTION TO QUELL VIOLENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN
14 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONSIDERS HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
14 June 2010
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AGREE TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION TO EMPOWER WOMEN IN PEACE PROCESSES
14 June 2010
UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE TO MONITOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO GAZA CONFLICT
11 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
11 June 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION
11 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF PRAISES LANDMARK COLOMBIAN COURT DECISION ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
11 June 2010
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON GAZA FLOTILLA INVESTIGATION: “TO BE CREDIBLE, ISRAELI INQUIRY MUST BE GIVEN THE CAPACITY TO FIND FACTS”
11 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 June 2010
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: UN EXPERT BODY TO VISIT BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
11 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF IRAQ, THE GAMBIA, AND EGYPT
11 June 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
10 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF ANGOLA, IRAN AND MADAGASCAR
10 June 2010
UN EXPERT TO EXAMINE THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN ARMENIA
10 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF FIJI, SAN MARINO AND EL SALVADOR
10 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES RENEWED AGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL
9 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF KAZAKHSTAN, SLOVENIA AND BOLIVIA
9 June 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COLOMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS
9 June 2010
UN EXPERTS CALL FOR REINFORCEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO’S INVESTIGATION INTO KILLING OF PROMINENT CONGOLESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
9 June 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE SAYS HE IS DISAPPOINTED THAT VISIT TO CUBA WILL NOT TAKE PLACE
9 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF QATAR, NICARAGUA AND ITALY
8 June 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY CO-CHAIRS OF GENEVA DISCUSSIONS
8 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON ADVERSE EFFECTS OF MOVING TOXIC WASTE ON ENJOYMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
8 June 2010
UN EXPERT SAYS DIALOGUE IS THE KEY TO HARMONIZING ORDINARY AND INDIGENOUS JUSTICE SYSTEMS
8 June 2010
KENYA/POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL TO FIGHT IMPUNITY
8 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
8 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
8 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON RIGHT TO HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS AND EXTREME POVERTY, AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
7 June 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS WORKING PAPER OUTLINING ORGANIZATION OF INFORMAL MEETINGS
7 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL DAY OF DISCUSSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN, WITH A FOCUS ON EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EDUCATION
7 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION INTO UGANDAN MILITARY OPERATIONS WHICH LED TO “HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE”
6 June 2010
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA GOES GREEN TO MARK WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
4 June 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF TUNISIA (French only)
4 June 2010
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA TO UNDERTAKE VISIT WITH FOCUS ON FUNCTIONING OF THE JUDICIARY IN THE COUNTRY
4 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DEBATE WITH MANDATE HOLDERS ON RIGHT TO HEALTH, EXTREME POVERTY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
4 June 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD REVIEWS REPORTS OF COLOMBIA UNDER OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS
4 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 June 2010
UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT WARNS: “EXTREME POVERTY AROUND THE CORNER FOR OLDER PERSONS EVERYWHERE”
4 June 2010
UN EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY: “ZAMBIA'S POOR DESERVE A LARGER SHARE OF THE NATIONAL BUDGET”
4 June 2010
UN WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO VISIT MALAYSIA
4 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE PROTECTION OF JOURNALISTS IN ARMED CONFLICT
4 June 2010
UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES TO VISIT EGYPT, JORDAN AND SYRIA
3 June 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND UNITED STATES ON NEWLY SIGNED STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TREATY
3 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
3 June 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD REVIEWS REPORTS OF ARGENTINA UNDER CONVENTION AND OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS
3 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR RIGOROUS INVESTIGATION INTO KILLING OF TOP CONGOLESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
3 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON JOINT STUDY ON GLOBAL PRACTICES OF SECRET DETENTION
2 June 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORTS OF BELGIUM (French only)
2 June 2010
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: UN EXPERT EXPRESSES GRAVE CONCERN FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY
2 June 2010
FIGHTING TRAFFICKING, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN THE WORLD
2 June 2010
UN EXPERT CRITICIZES “ILLEGAL” TARGETED KILLING POLICIES AND CALLS ON THE UNITED STATES TO HALT CIA DRONE KILLINGS
2 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON GIVING VOICE TO VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
2 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DECIDES TO DISPATCH INDEPENDENT FACT FINDING MISSION TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI ATTACK ON HUMANITARIAN BOAT CONVOY
2 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES URGENT DEBATE ON ISRAELI RAID ON HUMANITARIAN AID FLOTILLA BOUND FOR GAZA
1 June 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FINDS THAT KILLINGS BY BRAZILIAN POLICE CONTINUE AT ALARMING RATES, GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION
1 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS URGENT DEBATE ON RAID BY ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES ON THE FLOTILLA CARRYING HUMANITARIAN AID FOR GAZA
1 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, FOREIGN DEBT AND EDUCATION
1 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH INDEPENDENT EXPERT IN FIELD OF CULTURAL RIGHTS AND SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS
1 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO ADDRESS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONFERENCE AND VISIT UGANDA AND KENYA FROM 2 TO 8 JUNE
31 May 2010
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS
31 May 2010
COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS BY THE INDEPENDENT EXPERT FOR CULTURAL RIGHTS AND THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS
31 May 2010
UN EXPERT ON GAZA AID CONVOY KILLINGS: “THOSE RESPONSIBLE MUST BE HELD CRIMINALLY ACCOUNTABLE”
31 May 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CONDEMNS VIOLENT INTERCEPTION OF GAZA AID FLOTILLA
31 May 2010
REMARKS BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT CEREMONY AT UN MEMORIAL TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UN PEACEKEEPERS
31 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF GRENADA
31 May 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS FOURTEENTH REGULAR SESSION
31 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD POSTPONES CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF GUATEMALA (in French)
31 May 2010
STATEMENT OF UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT OPENING OF FOURTEENTH REGULAR SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
31 May 2010
“CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY IN BRAZIL ARE CRIMES THAT MUST BE PUNISHED,” SAYS UN EXPERT ON SLAVERY
31 May 2010
UN EXPERTS STRONGLY CONDEMN ATTACKS AGAINST AHMADIS IN PAKISTAN
28 May 2010
FOURTH EDITION OF GENEVA LECTURE SERIES HELD ON “NATURE’S WAKE-UP CALL: WHY WE MUST HEED THE WARNING”
28 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA (in French)
28 May 2010
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS COMMITTEE REVIEWS REPORTS OF JAPAN UNDER THE CONVENTION AND PROTOCOLS ON INVOLVEMENT IN ARMED CONFLICT AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
28 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 May 2010
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS TO BE COMMEMORATED AT PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 31 MAY 2010
28 May 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS FOURTEENTH SESSION FROM 31 MAY TO 18 JUNE 2010
27 May 2010
UN EXPERT FINDS PROGRESS, BUT ALSO A PATTERN OF UNLAWFUL KILLINGS AND ONGOING “SERIOUS PROBLEMS” WITH COLOMBIA’S SECURITY POLICIES
26 May 2010
BRAZIL: REGRESSION IN QUILOMBO COMMUNITIES’ RIGHTS COULD BREACH INTERNATIONAL LAWS, SAYS UN EXPERT
26 May 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE CONCLUDES VISIT TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA
26 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORTS OF SERBIA ON OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS TO CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF CHILD (in French)
26 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF NIGERIA
26 May 2010
UN EXPERT SAYS PEACE IS NECESSARY TO RESTORE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN AZERBAIJAN
26 May 2010
UN EXPERT BODY NOTES WITH CONCERN SUSPENSION OF JUDGE GARZÓN FOR INVESTIGATING ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
25 May 2010
STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO SECOND AFRICAN FORUM FOR DIALOGUE
25 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION
25 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 May 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS SENTENCE ON MALAWI GAY COUPLE IS DISCRIMINATORY AND SETS DANGEROUS PRECEDENT
21 May 2010
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, WATER AND SANITATION TO VISIT SLOVENIA FROM 24 TO 28 MAY
21 May 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SAN MARINO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
21 May 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CHILE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
21 May 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO LAUNCH MISSION IN THE CONTEXT OF GENERAL ELECTIONS IN BURUNDI
21 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-FOURTH SESSION
20 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD HOLDS FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 25 MAY TO 11 JUNE 2010
20 May 2010
“HUMAN RIGHTS AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY GO HAND IN HAND”, SAY UN EXPERTS
19 May 2010
REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS RETURNS TO AZERBAIJAN
18 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 May 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES THAI PROTESTORS, SECURITY FORCES TO PULL BACK FROM THE BRINK
17 May 2010
UN EXPERT: SPACE FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DIMINISHING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
17 May 2010
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO OPENING SESSION OF SIXTY-THIRD WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
14 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF AFGHANISTAN
14 May 2010
“RIGHT TO FOOD GAINS GROUND, BUT THERE’S STILL MUCH TO BE DONE”, SAYS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
14 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FORTY-FOURTH SESSION
14 May 2010
“TIME TO GO UP A GEAR,” SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF AT END OF JAPAN VISIT
12 May 2010
UN EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY IN FIRST FACT-FINDING VISIT TO BRAZIL
12 May 2010
UN LAUNCHES APPEAL TO ADDRESS THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF THE MONGOLIAN DZUD
12 May 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CONTINUE TO PAY WITH THEIR LIVES IN MEXICO, UN EXPERTS WARN
12 May 2010
TORTURE: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT IN FACT-FINDING MISSION TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA
11 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE MEETS WITH SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE TO DISCUSS SYNERGIES IN THEIR WORK
11 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF KAZAKHSTAN
11 May 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF HONDURAS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
11 May 2010
UN EXPERTS WARN AGAINST “A DISTURBING LEGAL PATTERN HOSTILE TO ETHNIC MINORITIES AND IMMIGRANTS” IN ARIZONA
10 May 2010
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO HEALTH TO VISIT GUATEMALA
10 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF MAURITIUS
10 May 2010
VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALISTS: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS CALL UPON HONDURAS TO PROTECT MEDIA STAFF
7 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP TO COMMUNICATIONS AND CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
7 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF CAMEROON
7 May 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT JAPAN FROM 12 TO 15 MAY
7 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF ALGERIA
6 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF YEMEN TO THE COMMITTEE'S PROVISIONAL CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON ITS SECOND PERIODIC REPORT
6 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF AUSTRIA
5 May 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MYANMAR: “IT IS NOT TOO LATE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO KEEP ITS PROMISES”
5 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF LIECHTENSTEIN
5 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF COLOMBIA
5 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF AUSTRIA
4 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF SYRIA
4 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF LIECHTENSTEIN
3 May 2010
IVAN ŠIMONOVIC APPOINTED ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE IN NEW YORK
3 May 2010
STATEMENT BY THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, FRANK LA RUE, ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, 3 MAY 2010
3 May 2010
UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TO VISIT THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER HIS PREDECESSOR
3 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF SYRIA
3 May 2010
NGOS ADRESS COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ON SITUATION IN COLOMBIA, ALGERIA, MAURITIUS, KAZAKHSTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
3 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF SWITZERLAND
3 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-FOURTH SESSION

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