31 October 2003 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders, Hina Jilani, will undertake a fact-finding mission to the Republic of Turkey from 1 to 10 December 2003...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur of the Commission of Human Rights on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Mr. Ambeyi Ligabo, and the United Nations...

The Special Rapporteur on Torture, Mr. Theo Van Boven; the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Mrs. Asma Jahangir; the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and the...

Geneva, 22 February 2001 In a report released today, the International Commission of Inquiry for Togo held that the allegations by Amnesty International that hundreds of people had been victims of...

16 February 2001 Hina Jilani, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders, has expressed deep concern over the murder on 12 February 2001 of Ivan Villamizar, the...