17 October 2008 Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang will visit Kenya from 21 to 24 October. Ms. Kang’s visit will have three main components: on 22 October she will be opening a...

17 October 2008 The High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will undertake her first review of two very different United Nations human rights field operations in ten days time, visiting...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 16 October 2008 BACKGROUND RELEASE Reports of Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Uruguay, Kyrgyzstan, Slovenia, Mongolia, Bahrain, El Salvador...

16 October 2008 The UN Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Magdalena Sepúlveda, released the following statement today on the occasion of the International Day for...