Committee against Torture MORNING 13 November 2006 The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the initial report of Guyana on the efforts of that country to give effect to...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 13 November 2006 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the initial report of Tajikistan on how that country implements...

12 November 2006 Ms. Sigma Huda, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, made the following statement to media today in Doha, at the end of her visit to Qatar...

Doha, 12 November -- The independent expert reporting to the United Nations Human Rights Council has urged the Government of Qatar to do more to implement its international obligations in the area of...

11 November 2006 The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) signed on 9 November an agreement covering...

10 November 2006 The following statement was issued today by the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari: “As Special...

10 November 2006 The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories will visit Egypt from 11 to 15...

Committee against Torture MORNING 10 November 2006 The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the fourth periodic report of the Russian Federation on the efforts of that...

10 November 2006 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour warned today that unless the Sudanese Government curbs and disarms militias in West Darfur there could be more attacks...

Committee against Torture AFTERNOON 10 November 2006 Experts Continue to Raise Questions on Report of the Russian Federation The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Burundi...