Committee against Torture AFTERNOON 7 May 2009 The Committee against Torture this afternoon considered the issue of follow-up to individual communications and to concluding observations, hearing oral...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 7 May 2009 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the second periodic report of Brazil, on how that country implements...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 6 May 2009 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the fourth periodic report of Australia, on how that country...

6 May 2009 GENEVA / BAGHDAD – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Wednesday expressed their...

Committee against Torture MORNING 6 May 2009 The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the initial report of Honduras on the efforts of that country to give effect to the...

6 May 2009 The following statement was issued today by the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik: "I am extremely concerned about the threatened eviction of nearly one hundred...

Committee against Torture AFTERNOON 6 May 2009 The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Israel to questions raised by Committee Experts on the second periodic report of that...

Committee against Torture MORNING 5 May 2009 The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Israel on the efforts of that country to give effect to...