28 December 2006 Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights, called for restraint by the Iraqi authorities following the December 26 appeal court judgment upholding the conviction and death...

28 December 2006 The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Mr. Leandro Despouy, issued the following statement today: Following the recent dismissal of the appeal by Mr. Saddam...

27 December 2006 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today expressed deep concern for civilian victims of the hostilities between forces of the Transitional Federal...

22 December 2006 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has urged the Royal Thai Government to fully respect its international human rights obligations in relation to a group...

22 December 2006 The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Jorge Bustamante, issued the following statement today: The Special Rapporteur expresses his warm thanks to the Government of...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea issued the following statement today: 22 December 2006 The United NationsSpecial...

20 December 2006 The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances issued the following statement today: The Working Group welcomes the adoption of the International...

19 December 2006 The Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea issued the following statement on 18 December in Seoul: “The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on...

18 December 2006 On the occasion of International Migrants Day 2006 (18 December 2006) the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the Human Rights of Migrants, Jorge Bustamante, and the...