Human Rights Council MORNING 10 September 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES RIGHT TO FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS Concludes Discussion on Toxic Waste and Indigenous Peoples The...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 10 September 2008 Concludes Debate on Follow-up to the Special Session on the Negative Impact of the World Food Crisis on the Right to Food, Hears Statement by Foreign...

10 September 2008 At the end of her mission to Turkmenistan, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief concluded that “individuals and religious communities still face a...

Human Rights Council MORNING 9 September 2008 Concludes General Debate Welcoming New High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning heard a presentation from the Special...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 9 September 2008 Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Children and Armed Conflict The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard presentations by the Special Rapporteur on...

9 September 2008 The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries concluded on Friday its fourth session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. During its session, it considered...

Human Rights Council MORNING 8 September 2008 The Human Rights Council this morning opened its ninth regular session by hearing the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, in her first...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 8 September 2008 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a drawing of lots to determine the order of review of States to be considered at the fourth, fifth and...

8 September 2008 GENEVA – The new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, in her maiden speech to states attending the Human Rights Council on Monday, highlighted the need to tackle...

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to thank the President of the Human Rights Council for his very kind words and to...