GENEVA – The United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, will visit Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia from 25 to 29 May 2008 to underscore the centrality of human rights in...

Spokesperson: Rupert Colville 23 May, 2008 The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. El Hadj Ahamadou Ahalawey - the...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 23 May 2008 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the reports of the Republic of Korea under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the...

22 May 2008 Geneva Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome this 7th special session of the Human Rights Council on the food...

Human Rights Council MORNING 22 May 2008 High Commissioner Says Individual Countries Cannot Confront the Scale of the Crisis Alone The Human Rights Council this morning opened its Special Session on...

Human Rights Council ROUNDUP 22 May 2008 The Human Rights Council held its seventh Special Session today and adopted a resolution on the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the...