Paris, 28 September 2007: During her official mission to France, the United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Ms Gay J. McDougall, found that serious discrimination is experienced by...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 28 September 2007 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Venezuela on how that country is implementing the...

28 September 2007 The United Nations human rights experts, whose name appear below, issued the following statement today: “We are deeply concerned over the growing number of reported deaths and...

Human Rights Council 28 September 2007 The Human Rights Council this afternoon suspended its sixth session until 10 December after having, among other things, extended the mandates of the Working...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 28 September 2007 The Human Rights Council this afternoon suspended its sixth regular session until 10 December after adopting six resolutions and one decision dealing...

Human Rights Council MORNING 28 September 2007 President of Council Receives Request for a Special Session on Myanmar The Human Rights Council this morning adopted texts in which it extended the...

The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights, technical cooperation and advisory services in Liberia, Charlotte Abaka, issued the following statement: Geneva, 28 September...

Human Rights Council 28 September 2007 The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on the situation of human rights in Myanmar on Tuesday, 2 October after receiving a request signed by 17...

Geneva, 27 September 2007: - - After his five-day mission to Somalia and Nairobi, Kenya, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Mr. Ghanim Alnajjar, remains deeply...