3 January 2007 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, today renewed her call for restraint by the Government of Iraq in the execution of sentences of death imposed by the Iraqi High...

This Handbook is designed to assist national human rights institutions to integrate HIV into their mandate to protect and promote human rights. It provides a basic overview of the role of human rights...

OHCHR Annual Reports are published annually and present results achieved by the Office during the reporting period and according to the planned programme set out in the High Commissioner’s Strategic...

This Handbook aims to enable parliamentarians and others to understand and approach the rights of persons with disabilities. It describes the rationale for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with...

This publication aims to assist countries, international agencies and development practitioners in translating human rights norms, standards and principles into pro-poor policies and strategies. The...

Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 55th session 31 July 2003 Morning The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights this morning continued to discuss...

Committee to Consider Reports of Albania, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Czech Republic, Finland, Iran, Latvia, Norway, Republic of Korea, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United Kingdom The Committee on the...

31.07.2003 Following is a statement issued today in Geneva by the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons, Francis M. Deng: The Representative of the...