31 December 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, today expressed her deep concern about continued violence following election results in Kenya that has resulted...

Geneva and Colombo, 27 December 2007 – “Sri Lanka, with the crucial support of the international community, has not only rehabilitated the majority of victims of the 2004 tsunami, but also made...

Geneva, 27 December 2007: - - The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, today expressed shock and deep sympathy over the death of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, and...

Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), paid a visit to Mongolia from 15 to 21 December 2007. He...

Geneva, 19 December 2007: - - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, today welcomed the General Assembly's call yesterday on all States to establish a moratorium on the application...

Geneva, 19 December 2007 - The newly established United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has recently carried out an eight day visit to the Maldives from 10 to 17 December 2007. The...

Its call for a moratorium on capital punishment adds pressure to end the practice. By Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights December 19, 2007 When the U.N. General Assembly...

The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, issued the following statement on the occasion of International Migrants Day Migrants are among the groups most exposed to human rights...