Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 28 February 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined seventeenth and eighteenth periodic reports...

Human Rights Council MORNING 28 February 2011 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and 14 High-Level Dignitaries Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning opened its...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 28 February 2011 The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued with its high-level segment, hearing statements from 24 dignitaries who spoke about national efforts...

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, This session of the Human Rights Council opens in historic turbulent times as massive popular...

Geneva, 25 February 2011 Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I commend the initiative of this Council to hold a special session on the...

25 February 2011 Mr. José -Luis Gomez del Prado, Chair of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the rights of peoples to self...

Geneva, 25 February 2011 (Mr. José -Luis Gómez del Prado, Chair of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the rights of peoples...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (24 February 2011) – The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, Michel Forst, urged the presidential candidates to spearhead the fight against impunity. “As...

GENEVA (25 February 2011) – A key UN torture-prevention body met this week for the first time after a significant increase from 10 to 25 members, which will enable it to expand its activities ranging...