CANBERRA (11 February 2011) – UN Independent Expert Cephas Lumina urged Friday the Australian Government to go beyond its national interest, and adopt a consistent human rights approach for all its...

GENEVA (10 February 2011) – UN Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt on the enjoyment of human rights, Cephas Lumina, will visit the Solomon Islands from 14 to 18 February 2011 to assess...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 10 February 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will hold its seventy-eighth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva from 14 February to 11 March 2011 to...

GENEVA (9 February 2011) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya Prasad Subedi, will carry out his fourth official visit to the country from 15-24...

8 February 2011 Washington D.C. (7 February 2011). The Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, it causes and consequences, Ms. Rashida Manjoo, concluded a fact finding mission to the United...

Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial 7 February 2011 I am deeply moved by and grateful for this opportunity to visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. The horrors of the Holocaust, perpetrated with such...

Russian GENEVA (7 February 2011) – Navi Pillay, the UN Human Rights Chief, will conduct a high-level official visit to Moscow and St. Petersburg this month with a view to enhancing cooperation with...

FINAL ROUND-UP 7 February 2011 Committee Adopts Conclusions on the Reports of Bangladesh, Belarus, Israel, Kenya, Lichtenstein, South Africa and Sri Lanka The Committee on the Elimination of...

Kigali, 7 February 2011 In my capacity as the United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues I have conducted an official visit to Rwanda from 31 January to 07 February 2011. I have visited...