The Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations identifies international standards for conducting online research of alleged violations of international criminal, human rights, and...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 31 January 2011 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Mexico on how that country is implementing the provisions of the two...

28 January 2011 As the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I was on my first official visit to Japan from 25 to 28 January...

GENEVA (28 January 2011) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday urged the Government of Egypt to exercise restraint and protect the rights of its citizens to freedom of...

GENEVA (28 January 2011) – UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Mr. Richard Falk, on Friday flatly denied recent allegations by a...

GENEVA (28 January 2011) – United Nations Independent Expert Gay McDougall will visit Rwanda from 31 January to 07 February 2011 to examine the situation of different population groups reflecting the...

TOKYO (28 January 2011) – The abduction of Japanese and other nationals by the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is not a bilateral issue but one that should be of concern to the...

28 January 2011 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today examined the fourth periodic report of Ukraine on how it is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and...

27 January 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of Belarus on how that country is implementing the provisions of the...

27 January 2011 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today examined the second periodic report of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on how that country is implementing the provisions of the...