25 March 2011 A high-level panel of experts will begin Monday to tackle some of the key issues relating to people of African descent, including the current challenges and opportunities and...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva 25 March 2011 (1) Côte d’Ivoire Since Thursday last week, at least 52 more people have been killed in Côte...

MORNING 25 March 2011 Adopts Texts on Humanitarian Flotilla, Review of Work of the Council, International Cooperation and Human Rights, Right to Development and Social Forum The Human Rights Council...

25 March 2011 Every 25 March, we observe the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. On this day, we honor the memory of the victims of slavery...

AFTERNOON 25 March 2011 Also Adopts Texts on Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guinea Before Concluding Sixteenth Session The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 12 texts in which...

ROUNDUP 25 March 2011 Adopts 40 Resolutions, Creates Mandate on Iran, Decides to Dispatch Commission to Côte d’Ivoire, and Extends Mandates of Special Procedures on Human Rights Defenders, Violence...

French 24 March 2011 Statement by the High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of...

MORNING 24 March 2011 Council Extends Mandates on Drinking Water, Freedom of Opinion, Human Rights Defenders, Minority Issues and Violence against Women The Human Rights Council this morning adopted...

GENEVA (24 March 2011)– The UN Working Group* on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances expressed deep concern about allegations received, according to which hundreds of enforced disappearances have...