GENEVA (29 June 2010) – UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk urged Israel to prevent further violations of international law in East Jerusalem, most urgently in relation to the situation of four...

GENEVA (29 June 2010) – UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk urged Israel to prevent further violations of international law in East Jerusalem, most urgently in relation to the situation of four...

Geneva, 28 June 2010 Distinguished participants, experts, dear friends, I warmly welcome to you at this seventeenth annual meeting of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council. As a former...

Geneva, 28 June 2010 Distinguished participants, experts, dear friends, I warmly welcome to you at this seventeenth annual meeting of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council. As a former...

Geneva, 28 June 2010 Distinguished Committee members, Ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of the High Commissioner, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Eleventh Inter-Committee Meeting...

Geneva, 28 June 2010 Distinguished Committee members, Ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of the High Commissioner, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Eleventh Inter-Committee Meeting...

Four United Nations mechanisms involved in preventing torture and helping its victims have stated that despite a well-built international legal framework, torture prevails in many regions of the world...