13 February 2007 Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, issued the statement that follows today. Mr. Alston is an independent expert appointed by the...

12 February 2007 The United Nations independent human rights expert on extrajudicial executions is the Philippines today on a ten-day official visit. Philip Alston, an Australian national who is...

12 February 2007 The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Ghanim Alnajjar, issued the following statement today: “I am deeply concerned over recent threats to the right to...

8 February 2007 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour filed a legal brief with the Iraqi High Tribunal yesterday, Thursday, 8 February, asserting that international law...

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7 February 2007 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today expressed her deep concern about the continued violence in the Terai region of Nepal which has taken at least 23...