31 May 2006 The following statement was issued today by Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; Leila Zerrougui, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working...

31 May 2006 On 31 May 2006, Prof. Yakin Ertürk, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, its causes and consequences, delivered the following...

30 May 2006 The following statement was issued today by the Secretary-General's Special Representative on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, and the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a...

27 MAY 2006 Good morning (Buenos dìas): I would like to thank the Government of Guatemala for inviting me to visit the country, and facilitating the many fruitful discussions that I have had in the...

26 May 2006 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Iceland on how that country is implementing the provisions of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on...

26 May 2006 The following statement was issued today by the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari: “In my capacity as...