GENEVA / ABIDJAN (21 September 2012) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d'Ivoire, Doudou Diène, will undertake his third official mission to the country...

Geneva, 21 September 2012 Madame President, Distinguished delegates, Dear colleagues, I would like to welcome you to the second Human Rights Council’s Nelson Mandela International Day panel discussion...

Human Rights Council MORNING 21 September 2012 Hears Address by Foreign Minister of Australia and Human Rights Minister of Burkina Faso, Continues Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms The...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 21 September 2012 Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms and on the Universal Periodic Review The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 21 September 2012 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today completed its consideration of the initial report of Hungary on...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 21 September 2012 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the second periodic report of Andorra on how that country is implementing the...

The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 18/25, describes the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Cambodia...

GENEVA (20 September 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, welcomed the latest presidential amnesty resulting in the release of a...

A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (*) concluded its ten-day official visit to Pakistan. The visit took place from 10 to 20 September 2012. The...