Dakar/Geneva 3 December 2007 – The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Government of Senegal signed today in Dakar a Memorandum of Understand establishing a...

Geneva, 3 December 2007-- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights joins in the celebrations of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities highlighting the fundamental role that...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, issued the following statement: The Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food completed his official mission to Cuba from 28 October to 6...

3 December 2007 Working Group Revises Methods of Work and Adopts Annual Report The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances issued the following statement on Friday, 30...

Dakar / Genebra, 3 Dezembro 2007 – O Alto Commissariado das Nações Unidas para os Direitos Humanos e o Governo do Senegal assinaram hoje em Dakar, um Acordo para o estabelecimento de um escritório...

2 December 2007 On December 10, a year-long campaign to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be set into motion. The campaign offers an opportunity to...

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...