GENEVA (31 December 2009) – Two independent experts of the UN Human Rights Council -the Special Rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, and the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Jorge...

30 December 2009 GENEVA - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Wednesday she was shocked by the recent violence leading to deaths and injuries in the Islamic Republic of Iran...

25 December 2009 GENEVA - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Friday she was deeply concerned about the verdict and extremely harsh sentence in the trial of the prominent...

Akmal Shaikh was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday 29 December 2009 24 December 2009 GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, today...

23 December 2009 GENEVA – “People of conscience everywhere, as well as governments worldwide and the United Nations, should take note of the dire situation in Gaza,” says the Special Rapporteur for...

In all human rights treaties, the implementation obligation is closely linked to a monitoring component. The monitoring of human rights treaties is needed to assess whether measures to implement the treaty are adopted and applied, but also to evaluate their results and therefore provide feedback for implementation. Monitoring mechanisms foster accountability and, over the long term, strengthen the capacity of parties to treaties to fulfil their commitments and obligations.

GENEVA (22 December 2009) – The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, expressed grave concern about the forcible return of 20 ethnic Uyghurs from Cambodia to China. The deportees were...

UN minorities expert calls on China to grant her access to assess ethnic tensions and violence in Xinjiang Uyghur Region GENEVA (22 December 2009 )– The UN Independent Expert on minority issues, Ms...

KHARTOUM / GENEVA (21 December 2009) – A series of brutal attacks on civilians by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Southern Sudan “may amount to crimes against humanity,” according to a new report*...

KINSHASA / GENEVA (21 December 2009) – A new report released Monday by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and MONUC (the UN Mission in DR Congo) outlines a rolling series of...