27 December 2005 Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai, is concerned...

27 December 2005 The following statement was issued today by the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Dr. Walter Kälin: "Persons...

23 December 2005 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today urged the Uzbek Government to abide by international standards of due process, amid reports that dozens of...

21 December 2005 The Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Dr. Walter Kälin, is undertaking an official visit to Georgia...

20 December 2005 The Special Representative of the Secretary General on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Hina Jilani, visited Brazil from 5 to 20 December 2005. At the end of her mission she...

Summary The present report is submitted in response to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/69 in which the Commission requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene an annual...

16 December 2005 The Special Rapporteur on torture of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Manfred Nowak, issued the following statement today: The Special Rapporteur on torture calls on the...

19 December 2005 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 of the United Nations Commission...

ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY, 18 DECEMBER 2005 International Migrants day is an occasion to recall the important contribution made by migrants today and throughout history to the...

16 December 2005 Today marks the sixth International Migrants Day. There are around 185 million international migrants in the world today, more than double the figure only 25 years ago. Factors that...