ROUNDUP 28 September 2012 Adopts 33 Resolutions, Extends Mandates of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria and the Independent Expert on Sudan, Adopts Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human...

GENEVA (27 September 2012) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Magdalena Sepúlveda will conduct an official visit to Namibia from 1 to 8 October 2012 to collect first-hand information on the situation...

GENEVA (27 September 2012) - The United Nations Working Group* of Experts on People of African Descent will visit the United Kingdom from 1 to 5 October 2012 to gather first-hand information on the...

MORNING 27 September 2012 Adopts Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Asks Advisory Committee to Finalize Study on Traditional Values and Human Rights The Human Rights Council this...

27 September 2012 The Committee on the Rights of the Child completed its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Canada on its implementation of the provisions of the...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 27 September 2012 Committee to Consider Reports Presented by Chile, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Togo and Turkmenistan The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against...

27 September 2012 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon considered the initial report of Canada on how the country was implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the...

AFTERNOON 27 September 2012 Establishes a Working Group to Draft a United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas The Human Rights Council this afternoon...

“RACE, CULTURE, AND RELIGION WITHIN CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM” STATEMENT BY MUTUMA RUTEERE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND...

New York, 27 September 2012 Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Few can doubt the perception that the number of attacks on religious minorities around the world is rising. This should serve as a wake...