Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 20 June 2007 Council Adopts Report of Fifth Session United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour told the Human Rights Council this afternoon that she...

Human Rights Council ROUNDUP 19 June 2007 The Human Rights Council concluded its fifth session at midnight on 18 June after adopting a Presidential text on the institution building of the Council. In...

19 June 2007 The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy, issued the following statement today: "In light of the continued application of the death penalty in...

Human Rights Council 19 June 2007 Elects New President and Bureau Members The Human Rights Council this afternoon elected the new President and officers of the Bureau of the Council for its second...

Paul Hunt, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, will visit Sweden at the invitation of the...

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AFTERNOON 18 June 2007 The President of the Human Rights Council announced today that agreement had been reached on a final text which encompassed all institutional arrangements...

Human Rights Council MORNING 18 June 2007 Patricia Espinosa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, today encouraged the Human Rights Council to crown the year’s intense work by reaching an...