10 December 2008 UN Human Rights experts welcome the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights by the General Assembly GENEVA – “The...

10 December 2008 “December 10 marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a single short document of 30 articles that has probably had more impact on mankind than any...

New York, 10 December 2008 Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am profoundly honoured to be here for this commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the...

Sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in Paris in 1948, human rights increasingly resonate with business. Today sees the launch of a new publication, Human Rights...

On International Anti Corruption Day, the UN Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty says that programmes to tackle corruption must take into account issues of gender...

Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 9 December 2008 United Nations Secretary-General, High Commissioner for Human Rights and Dignitaries to Participate in Commemorative Session The Human Rights...

Five UN and regional human rights mechanisms and representatives* launch a joint warning on the persistent challenges facing human rights defenders on the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the...

08 December 2008 The Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the United Nations Human Rights Council issue the following statement on International Human Rights Day, 10 December: GENEVA -- Sixty years...