Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 23 November 2006 The Human Rights Council will resume its suspended second session on Monday, 27 November to take action on deferred draft proposals, after...

23 November 2006 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today urged the Government of Uganda to review its forced disarmament strategy in Karamoja, North Eastern Uganda, and...

Jerusalem , Thursday, 23 November 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen, I have spent the past four days in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. During that time I visited Gaza, Ramallah, Jerusalem...

23 November 2006 Louise Arbour Says Civilians Are Bearing Brunt of Violations United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said in a statement released on 23 November that...

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Baghdad, 22 November 2006. UNAMI expresses concern that “violence reached alarming levels in many parts of the country particularly affecting, the right to life and personal integrity”. In its latest...

Committee against Torture 22 November 2006 The Committee against Torture this afternoon considered the issue of follow-up to individual communications and to concluding observations, hearing oral...

20 November 2006 The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances issued the following statement today: The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary...

17 November 2006 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour expressed deep concern today over continuing attacks against civilians and deadly inter-communal clashes in the area of...