This Fact Sheet aims to strengthen understanding of the complex and multifaceted relationship between human rights and terrorism. It identifies some of the critical human rights issues raised in the...

The Millennium Development Goals are time-bound development targets that address many dimensions of poverty, such as hunger, disease, inadequate water supplies and lack of education. This publication...

This Advocacy Toolkit aims to support efforts by mine action centres to advocate for the ratification and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional...

1 July 2008 Maputo and Geneva: – Mozambique is a disaster-prone country, affected by recurrent floods, cyclones and droughts, exacerbating the already high vulnerability of the population. “Relocation...

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Commission on Human Rights 59th session 31 March 2003 Afternoon Minister of Justice of Togolese Republic Speaks The Commission on Human Rights heard this afternoon from experts assigned to investigate...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 31 March 2003 Morning Commission Continues Consideration of the Question of the Violation of Human Rights in the Occupied Arab Territories, Including Palestine...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 28 March 2003 Statement by Mr. Gerhart Baum Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Sudan Item 9: Question...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 28 March 2003 Afternoon Commission on Human Rights Continues Debate on Occupied Arab Territories Special Rapporteurs and a Special Representative summarized...