27 February 2009 Geneva -- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, will undertake an official visit to...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 27 February 2009 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined sixth, seventh and eighth periodic report...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 27 February 2009 ROUNDUP The newest United Nations human rights treaty body, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, today...

Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 26 February 2009 The Human Rights Council will hold its tenth regular session from 2 to 27 March 2009 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will...

26 February 2009 At the end of her official visit to Maldives (18 to 25 February 2009), the United Nations Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Ms. Raquel Rolnik, pointed out...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 26 February 2009 Committee Discusses Replies Received from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Korea in Follow-up to Committee’s Concluding...

25 February 2009 I conducted a fact-finding mission to Kenya from 16-25 February 2009. The aim of my visit was to investigate allegations of unlawful killings, and I focused on three issues of...

Nairobi, 25 February 2009, Press Center – UN Headquarters: Today, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Philip Alston, concluded his 16 to 25 February 2009 fact-finding mission to...