In the report, the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights provides an overview and assessment of the notion, characteristics and legal status of unilateral sanctions.

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 12 March 2012 The Human Rights Council today held separate interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's...

JOHANNESBURG (29 October 2009) - The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak, remains very concerned about serious and credible allegations of torture, ill-treatment and inhuman prison...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 29 October 2009 Experts to Consider Reports of Yemen, Slovakia, El Salvador, Spain, Azerbaijan, Colombia and Republic of Moldova The Committee against Torture will meet at the...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 29 October 2009 Experts to Review Reports of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Poland, Madagascar and Republic of Korea The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...

29 October 2009 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its discussion, begun earlier this session, of draft revised guidelines for reports to be submitted by States parties under the...

Cambridge, Massachusetts, 28 October 2009 Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to be here today and to speak again at my US alma mater. My address is entitled: “Human Rights Diplomacy: An Oxymoron...

GENEVA (28 October 2009) —As previously announced, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak, was invited by the Government of...

28 October 2009 The Human Rights Committee this morning heard presentations of progress reports by Committee members on the status of follow-up to the Committee’s concluding observations and on follow...