MOSCOW / GENEVA -- "I am impressed by the several initiatives by the Government of the Russian Federation and regional governments to address the concerns of the country’s small-numbered indigenous...

GENEVA (09 October 2009) - The United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Ms. Gay McDougall, will visit Canada from 13 to 23 October 2009, at the invitation of the Government. It is the...

GENEVA / MOSCOW (5 October 2009) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, James Anaya, will visit the Russian Federation, 5 to 16...

CRC 32nd session 24 January 2003 The Committee on the Rights of the Child reviewed today a second periodic report of the Czech Republic, questioning a national delegation on how the country was giving...

10 January 2003 United Nations human rights experts today condemned the assassinations of two prominent Guatemalan indigenous leaders whose bodies were found in December. Hina Jilani, Special...