Human Rights Council MORNING 14 September 2009 Hears Statements from High-level Dignitaries from Sri Lanka, the United States and Thailand The United Nations Human Rights Council this morning opened...

Committee on the Rights of the Child AFTERNOON 14 September 2009 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial report of Turkey on how that country is implementing the provisions...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 14 September 2009 Council Holds Informal Meeting to Determine Order of Review of States and Troikas for Upcoming Universal Periodic Review Sessions Latin American...

15 September 2009 Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, On the occasion of my first anniversary in office, allow me to discuss the...

Committee on the Rights of the Child BACKGROUND RELEASE 9 September 2009 Situation of Children's Rights in Turkey, Philippines, Mozambique, Bolivia, Poland, Pakistan, Qatar and Yemen to be Reviewed...

GENEVA (9 September 2009) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Wednesday that two new reports* on a series of human rights abuses, including possible war crimes and crimes...

Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 8 September 2009 The Human Rights Council will hold its twelfth regular session from 14 September to 2 October 2009 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On the...

(GENEVA and GUATEMALA, 5 SEPTEMBER 2009.) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Mr Olivier De Schutter, visited Guatemala on an official mission between 3 and 5 September. The purpose of...