9 December 2008 The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights on Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk, issued the following statement: GENEVA -- In recent days the...

New York, 5 December 2008 Doctor Klag, Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honored to take part in a discussion organized...

5 December 2008 GENEVA -- The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances concluded its 86th session, which was held from 26 November to 4 December 2008 at the United...

GENEVA -- “The international community has missed a crucial opportunity to reform the international framework on debt, for the benefit of the people on the ground,” concluded the Independent Expert on...

The Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Somalia, Dr. Shamsul Bari, issued the following statement on the last day of his Second Field Visit to the Horn of Africa and the Middle East...

GENEVA – In a statement marking the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, which falls on Tuesday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called for “a concerted effort to finally...

KATHMANDU/GENEVA -- “This is a critical moment to respond to the many challenges that indigenous peoples of Nepal face,” said Professor S. James Anaya, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 21 November 2008 ROUNDUP Issues Conclusions on Reports of Nicaragua, Sweden, Kenya, the Philippines and Angola and on Situation in Kosovo on Basis of...