1 July 2004 Louise Arbour takes up her duties today as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Mrs. Arbour was, until June 2004, a member of the Supreme Court of Canada. She served as chief...

1 July 2004 Experts to Review the Reports of Belgium, Namibia, Liechtenstein and Serbia and Montenegro and the Situation of Civil and Political Rights in the Central African Republic Reports submitted...

30 April 2003 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, is appalled by the latest suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, which resulted in three people being killed and some...

CAT 30th session 30 April 2003 Morning Government Delegation Queried on Implementation of Legal Reforms The Committee against Torture began its review this morning of a second periodic report of...

CAT 30th session 30 April 2003 Afternoon The Committee against Torture met briefly in public session this afternoon to discuss a Working Group paper on guidelines for the operation of the recently...

CAT 30th session 29 April 2003 Morning Government Delegation Absent, Experts Raise Questions About Independence of Judiciary, Reports of Maltreatment by Police The Committee against Torture began its...