18 July 2006 The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions of the United Nations Human Rights Council issued the following statement today: Philip Alston, the United Nations...

18 July 2006 Baghdad- 18 July 2006--In its Human Rights bimonthly report for May – June 2006, the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) expressed the hope that there are “unique opportunities with a...

The High Commissioner for Human Rights underscored the Secretary-General’s condemnation of all actions that target civilians, or which unduly endanger them due to their disproportionate or...

14 July 2006 The following statement was issued by the independent United Nations human rights expert on the independence of the judiciary: "The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and...

14 July 2006 Thank you Mr. Chairperson, Mr. Chairperson, Colleagues and Friends, I am delighted to have the opportunity to make a few remarks on the United Nations treaty body system at the opening of...

Geneva, 11 July 2006.- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) today signed in Rabat a memorandum of...

Geneva, 11 July 2006.- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) today signed in Rabat a memorandum of...

Human Rights Committee 13 July 2006 The Human Rights Committee has considered the second periodic report of the Central African Republic on how that country is implementing the provisions of the...

12 July 2006 The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions of the United Nations Human Rights Council issued the following statement today: Philip Alston, the United Nations...

11 July 2006 On 11 July 2006, Yakin Ertürk, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on violence against women, its causes and consequences issued the following press...