30 April 2008 GENEVA-- By its resolution 6/27, the United Nations Human Rights Council decided to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing as a component of the...

Committee against Torture 30 April 2008 The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Australia to questions raised by Committee Experts on the periodic report of that country on...

30 April 2008 The United Nations Special Procedures mandate holders, whose names appear below, issued the following statement, today, 30 April, 2008. GENEVA-- ‘We are deeply concerned by recent...

30 April 2008 GENEVA--. Three new members of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Messrs. Aslan Abashidze, Malick Sow and Roberto Garretón, will take up their new functions as of 1 May 2008. The...

WORKING GROUP OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO REVIEW SECOND GROUP OF STATES UNDER ITS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW MECHANISM 16 Countries to be Reviewed During Second Session of UPR Working Group from 5 to 19...

30 April 2008 GENEVA-- In March 2008, the Human Rights Council, with resolution 7/30, decided to continue the mandate of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances for a period of...

30 April 2008 GENEVA-- In March 2008, the Human Rights Council, with resolution 7/8, decided to continue the mandate on the situation of human rights defenders for a period of three years. The Human...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 30 April 2008 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the third periodic report of France on how that country implements...

30 April 2008 The United Nations Human Rights Council appointed a new Independent Expert on extreme poverty during its 7th session held in March 2008. Ms. Magdalena Sepulveda, a Chilean national, will...