Committee against Torture 20 November 2007 The Committee against Torture this morning held its first joint meeting with the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and shared information and ideas of...

20 November 2007 The Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture issued the following statement today: “In accordance with Article 10, paragraph 3 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against...

Geneva, 20 November 2007-- The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will hold its 50th session from 21 to 30 November 2007 in Geneva during which it will examine, in closed session, more than 25...

Committee against Torture 19 November 2007 The Committee against Torture today discussed the issue of follow-up to individual communications as well as letters received from civil society on how the...

Committee against Torture 16 November 2007 The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Benin to questions posed by the Committee on how that country is implementing the...

Pretoria, South Africa – The role of parliamentarians in promoting and protecting human rights will be the focus of a regional seminar for Southern African Development Community (SADC)...

16 November 2007 The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, ended yesterday in Yangon, his five-day visit to Myanmar at the invitation of the Government...