Committee on the Rights of the Child 11 September 2006 The Committee on the Rights of the child this morning opened its forty-third session, adopting the agenda and discussing the organisation of work...

11 September 2006 The Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Mr. Jean Ziegler, will visit Lebanon on a fact-finding mission from 11 to 15 September 2006. The independent human rights expert will...

7 September 2006 The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Martin Scheinin, made the following statement today:...

Committee on the Rights of the Child BACKGROUND RELEASE 7 September 2006 Situation of Child Rights in Samoa, Ethiopia, Oman, Kiribati, Swaziland, Senegal, Republic of Congo, Benin, Ireland and Jordan...

6 September 2006 The Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin; the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions...

5 September 2006 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Philip Alston, today welcomed the announcement by Sri Lanka’s President Mahenda Rajapakse of his intention to invite...

5 September 2006 The situation in Sri Lanka has deteriorated significantly since I visited Sri Lanka and met with Government officials, members of civil society, and representatives of the Liberation...

1 September 2006 The Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the rights of peoples to self-determination has completed its visit to...