GENEVA (14 April 2010) – The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, Mr Michel Forst, will launch his first official mission to the country after the January earthquake. From...

GENEVA (14 April 2010) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities called on the Chilean government and the international community to include in the reconstruction plans -as a...

Brussels, 14 April 2010 Mr. Chairman, Madam Commissioner, Dr, Mukwege, fellow panellists, Distinguished Members of the European Parliament, Colleagues and friends, It gives me great pleasure to...

GENEVA (12 April 2010) – The UN Special Rapporteur on indigenous people, James Anaya, will meet with representatives of the Sami parliaments and governments of Norway, Sweden and Finland to discuss...

(12 April 2010 ) “Internally displaced persons are at risk in Yemen due to insufficient humanitarian funding”, the Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally...

GENEVA (9 April 2010) – The UN Working Group* on the use of mercenaries will hold its last meeting on the ongoing process towards the elaboration of a possible new international Convention on the...

GENEVA (9 April 2010) – The UN Working Group* on the use of mercenaries will hold its last meeting on the ongoing process towards the elaboration of a possible new international Convention on the...

GENEVA (9 April 2010) - The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent* will meet at UN Headquarters in Geneva, from 12-16 April, to focus on the new obstacles imposed by structural...

GENEVA (9 April 2010) – UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, will begin an official visit to Egypt from 11 to 21 April to examine all forms...

Boston, 9 April 2010 Prof Cirone, Excellencies, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, It is my great pleasure and honor to address you at the opening ceremony of the Annual Conference of the Center for...