Committee against Torture 6 November 2007 The Committee against Torture today discussed a draft General Comment on Article 2 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading...

Geneva, 6 November 2007: The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, welcomes the invitation by the authorities of Myanmar to visit the country from 11...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 5 November 2007 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon held a dialogue with the United Nations Educational, Scientific...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 5 November 2007 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its thirty-ninth session, during which it will examine...

Committee against Torture 5 November 2007 The Committee against Torture this morning opened its thirty–ninth session by hearing an address by a representative of the Office of the United Nations High...

5 November 2007 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said today she is alarmed over the suspension of fundamental rights and imposition of a state of emergency in Pakistan...

2 November 2007 Geneva, 2 November 2007: The United Nations independent human rights expert on extrajudicial executions arrives in Brazil tomorrow on an eleven-day official visit. Philip Alston, an...

Human Rights Committee ROUNDUP 2 November 2007 Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Georgia, Libya, Austria, Costa Rica and Algeria The Human Rights Committee today...

The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, issued the following statement today: Geneva, 1 November 2007: From 9 to 22...