In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, successive conflicts in recent decades have seen systematic use of rape and sexual assault by all fighting forces. These widespread and recurrent acts have...

Summary The report deals with the regulatory framework concerning the obligation to adopt memory processes and ensure their non-regression, analyses the challenges and opportunities surrounding these...

8 April 2003 [unofficial transcript] Opening Statement by Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello High Commissioner for Human Rights “Violence against women-what next?” an event co-organized by OHCHR and the NGO...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 8 April 2004 Afternoon National delegations speaking before the Commission on Human Rights this afternoon described efforts to provide the full range of civil...

SC/7722 8 April 2003 Following is today’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico): Members of the Security Council...

Human Rights Committee 77th session 1 April 2003 Morning The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its first reading of a draft General Comment on article 2 of the International Covenant on...