20 March 2012 GENEVA (21 March 2012) – Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance are often among the root causes of internal and international conflicts, including armed...

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 20 March 2012 The Human Rights Council at its midday meeting today held a panel discussion on giving a voice to people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. In an opening...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 20 March 2012 Hears Presentation from the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action The Human...

GENEVA (19 March 2012) – In an open letter* to world Governments, a group of 22 UN independent human rights experts called on States to incorporate universally agreed international human rights norms...

HONIARA (16 March 2012) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo today urged the Government of Solomon Islands and the country’s development partners “to launch specific programmes targeting...

عربي | 中文 | English | Français | Русскиx | Español Geneva, 20 March 2012 The relationship between racism and conflict is a deep-rooted, well-established one. A number of studies have shown that one of...

Human Rights Council MORNING 19 March 2012 The Human Rights Council this morning opened its general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories after hearing...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 19 March 2012 Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its...

The United Nations Human Rights Committee is gravely concerned that Belarus has executed a person whose case was under consideration by the Committee. Sometime in recent days, Mr. Vladislav Kovalev...