Human Rights Council Advisory Committee 29 July 2010 BACKGROUND RELEASE The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its fifth session from 2 to 6 August 2010 in Room XX of the Palais des...

Human Rights Council Advisory Committee 29 July 2010 BACKGROUND RELEASE The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its fifth session from 2 to 6 August 2010 in Room XX of the Palais des...

Tokyo, Japan United Nations Information Center 28 July 2010, 15:00 At the conclusion of her 9 day official fact-finding mission to Japan, the Independent Expert on the issue of human rights...

Tokyo, Japan United Nations Information Center 28 July 2010, 15:00 At the conclusion of her 9 day official fact-finding mission to Japan, the Independent Expert on the issue of human rights...

Human Rights Committee 28 July 2010 This morning the Committee heard presentations of progress reports by Committee members on the status of follow-up to the Committee’s concluding observations and...

27 July, 2010 Madame President, members of the Kyrgyz Government, Excellencies, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. Many of you will be wondering why, of all UN entities, the human rights...

27 July, 2010 Madame President, members of the Kyrgyz Government, Excellencies, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. Many of you will be wondering why, of all UN entities, the human rights...

GENEVA – “I welcome the verdict delivered today by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, widely known as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, in the trial of Kaing Guek Eav (alias Duch), who...

GENEVA (23 July 2010) – The UN Working Group* on the Use of Mercenaries will push forward its proposal for a possible international convention on the regulation of activities of Private Military and...