The Internet has become a leading source for receiving and sending information all over the world. It is also used by extremist groups and individuals to spread messages of hate and incite racial violence, says a UN Human Rights Expert.

The Working Group on Enforced Disappearances focuses on the impact of enforced disappearances on women and ways to protect them from that practice.

The fifth annual session of the Forum on Minority draws up recommendations for the effective implementation of the two decades-old UN Minority Rights Declaration.

The UN Committee against Torture calls for an end to amnesties for the perpetrators of torture and ill-treatment.