JOHANNESBURG (29 October 2009) - The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak, remains very concerned about serious and credible allegations of torture, ill-treatment and inhuman prison...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 29 October 2009 Experts to Consider Reports of Yemen, Slovakia, El Salvador, Spain, Azerbaijan, Colombia and Republic of Moldova The Committee against Torture will meet at the...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 29 October 2009 Experts to Review Reports of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Poland, Madagascar and Republic of Korea The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...

29 October 2009 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its discussion, begun earlier this session, of draft revised guidelines for reports to be submitted by States parties under the...

GENEVA (28 October 2009) —As previously announced, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak, was invited by the Government of...

28 October 2009 The Human Rights Committee this morning heard presentations of progress reports by Committee members on the status of follow-up to the Committee’s concluding observations and on follow...

28 October 2009 Dear Committee members, experts and colleagues I would firstly like to extend a warm welcome to you all for attending this very important expert seminar on the implementation of the...

Cambridge, Massachusetts, 28 October 2009 Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to be here today and to speak again at my US alma mater. My address is entitled: “Human Rights Diplomacy: An Oxymoron...

27 October 2009 The Human Rights Committee this morning continued its first reading – begun in an open meeting on Friday, 23 October – of a draft General Comment on States parties' obligations under...