WASHINGTON – UN independent expert Catarina de Albuquerque raised Friday a number of issues on discrimination, availability, accessibility and quality related to water and sanitation in the United...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 4 March 2011 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive panel dialogue on the human rights of persons with disabilities. Navi Pillay, United Nations...

Spokesperson : Rupert Colville 4 March 2011 Worrying developments, including more killings, have been reported in Cote d’Ivoire and it appears the situation is deteriorating rapidly, causing civilians...

High Commissioner’s Opening Statement Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to open this third Human Rights Council debate...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 3 March 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the fourth and fifth periodic reports of Lithuania on its...

Human Rights Council MORNING 3 March 2011 The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay after she presented her...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 3 March 2011 The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its interactive dialogue with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, after...

GENEVA (3 March 2011) – A new UN report, based on testimonies by some of the hundreds of thousands of victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, paints an extremely stark...

Human Rights Council 16th Session “Remedies and Reparations for Victims of Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Presentation of the report of the High Level Panel” Side-Event 16th...