GENEVA (8 March 2011) – UN Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik warned Tuesday that human rights standards and particularly the right to adequate housing are not being translated into concrete policies in...

8 March 2011 Mr. President, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to address the Human Rights Council today, after three years as the Special...

MORNING 8 March 2011 High Commissioner for Human Rights Commemorates International Women’s Day The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Jeremy Sarkin...

GENEVA (8 March 2011) – Small-scale farmers can double food production within 10 years in critical regions by using ecological methods, a new UN report* shows. Based on an extensive review of the...

8 March 2011 “ Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to empowerment and gender equality in employment and beyond ” Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen...

MIDDAY 8 March 2011 The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with Olivier de Schutter, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, and Raquel Rolnik, the Special...

8 March 2011 Distinguished participants, ladies and gentlemen, friends and colleagues, On behalf of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, it is a great pleasure and honour for me to...

8 March 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the thirteenth through seventeenth periodic reports of Rwanda on its implementation of the provisions of the...

AFTERNOON 8 March 2011 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against...

Mr. President, Distinguished Representatives, Observers, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is with great honor that I address this Council, for the first time, in my capacity as United Nations Special...