Stockholm, 30th November 2010 Dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honored to receive the 2010 Stockholm Human Rights Award and grateful to the International Bar Association, the International...

NEW YORK / GENEVA (29 November 2010) – “Without a substantial change in policies, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture could rise by 40 percent by 2030”, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to...

Geneva, 29 November 2010 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights on Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 wishes to express sympathy for the Palestinian people who...

GENEVA (29 November 2010)– The Special Rapporteur Richard Falk urged the United Nations and the international community to draft a new protocol of international humanitarian law to address the...

Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers 29 November 2010 Hears an Address from the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and...

26 November 2010 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 the Republic of Korea from...

26 November 2010 GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed deep concern Saturday about reports of repeated politically motivated violence, as well overt encouragement of...