GENEVA (27 July 2011) – “It is not easy being a human rights defender; in too many countries it is dangerous, plain dangerous,” said United Nations Special Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggya launching her...

14 July 2011 Good morning, It is a great pleasure to be here in Tunisia. It is an even greater pleasure and honour to be opening a UN human rights office here for the first time in history. And it is...

Tunis , 13 July 2011 Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to be here with you today and to open the OHCHR Country Office for Tunisia. My Office plans to work closely with all...

Tunis , 13 July 2011 Mr. Minister, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to be here today for the signing of our agreement which underpins our future partnership to make human rights the...

12 July 2011 GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will open the first ever UN human rights office in a Mediterranean North African country on Thursday. Pillay, who is...

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...

Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 55th session 29 July 2003 Morning Issues brought to the attention of the Sub-Commission by several NGOs included the situation of the...

25 July 2003 Adopts Texts on INSTRAW, Information and Communication Technologies, Ad Hoc Group on Guinea-Bissau, Israeli Occupation GENEVA, 24 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social...

24 July 2003 The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, the Commission on Human Rights' principal subsidiary organ, will hold its fifty-fifth session at the Palais des Nations...

24 July 2003 Approves Suspension of Consultative Status of Reporters sans frontières with United Nations System for One Year after Extended Debate GENEVA, 24 July (UN Information Service) -- The...