Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers ROUNDUP 28 November 2008 Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Initial Report of El Salvador The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All...

27 November 2008 The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, its causes and consequences, Ms. Gulnara Shahinian, issues the following statement on International Slavery Day, 2 December...

Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 27 November 2008 Sixteen Countries to be Reviewed During Session The third session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group will be...

27 November 2008 The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, its causes and consequences, Ms. Gulnara Shahinian, issues the following statement on International Slavery Day, 2 December...

27 November 2008 GENEVA -- The cycle of sexual violence, bloodshed and destruction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will continue unless the international community takes decisive steps to help...

Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers 27 November 2008 Strategies to Obtain Ratifications by Migrant-Receiving States Discussed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay this...

27 November 2008 NAIROBI - The Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Somalia, Dr. Shamsul Bari welcomed today the signing in Djibouti on 26 November 2008 of a power sharing decision...

27 November 2008 GENEVA – “Over the past two years, women’s rights defenders have faced an increasingly difficult situation and harassment in the course of their non-violent activities in the defence...

Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers 26 November 2008 This afternoon the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families held an exchange of views with...

Director General Ordzhonikidze, Ambassador Winkler, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am a very pleased to address you at this time on the crucial topic of meeting the security challenges of today while...