Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 29 February 2008 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the ninth to twelfth periodic reports of the Dominican...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 29 February 2008 Postpones Consideration of Overdue Reports of United Arab Emirates, Monaco and Panama The Committee on the Elimination of Racial...

28 February, 2008 TIBLISI (OHCHR) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said Thursday, that, while she had seen with her own eyes the progress Georgia had made in a variety of areas...

Geneva, 28 February 2008 - The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, expressed relief and satisfaction at the release, on 27 February, of four former Colombian parliamentarians, Ms...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 28 February 2008 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fifth to seventh periodic reports of...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, Miloon Kothari, and the...

Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 28 February 2008 The Human Rights Council will hold its seventh regular session from 3 to 28 March at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will be...

UNAIDS and OHCHR call for greater protection of the human rights of all persons regardless of sexual orientation or HIV status Geneva, 26 February 2008 - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS...

Geneva, 27 February 2008-- The Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Asma Jahangir, will visit India from 3 to 20 March 2008 at the invitation...