Geneva, 31 August 2007: - -The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, is closely following the events in Myanmar. He believes that...

The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy, issued the following statement today: Geneva, 30 August 2007: The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges...

Port Moresby, 30 August 2007 – Alarmed by recent reports that people living with HIV have been buried alive in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV...

29 August 2007 The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances issued the following message on the occasion of the International Day of the Disappeared, to be celebrated on...

Geneva, 27 August 2007: The Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference today begun its first organizational session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The General Assembly, at its sixty...

The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, issued the following statement today: Geneva, 27 August 2007: “I am deeply...

The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, issued the following statement on 24 August 2007: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, issued the following statement: Geneva, 26 August 2007: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour...

The Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak, issued this statement today: Geneva, 24 August 2007: The Special Rapporteur on torture...