27 October 2009 The Human Rights Committee this morning continued its first reading – begun in an open meeting on Friday, 23 October – of a draft General Comment on States parties' obligations under...

27 October 2009 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its discussion – begun on Thursday, 22 October – of draft revised guidelines for reports to be submitted by States parties under the...

26 October 2009 GENEVA -- Representatives of states from Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East will convene on 26 and 27 October in Bangkok at the invitation of the Working Group on the use of...

NEW YORK / GENEVA (26 October 2009) – “I truly welcome the adoption of the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa”, said today the...

NEW YORK / UN (26 October 2009) – “Arbitrary and incommunicado detention; xenophobia and discrimination; threats to life and personal security; collective deportations and expulsions; these human...

23 October 2009 GENEVA / KAMPALA -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warmly welcomed a ground-breaking new treaty for internally displaced people in Africa, which was endorsed...

23 October 2009 GENEVA -- The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Ms. Gulnara Shahinian, will visit Mauritania from 24 October to 4 November...

ROUNDUP 23 October 2009 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its second session, during which it adopted its Reporting Guidelines and held a day of general...

NEW YORK / UN (23 October 2009) -- “If you are lured to another country with the promise of a good job and a better life, but instead forced into prostitution or forced labour; if you have to keep...