International human rights law recognizes everyone’s right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate housing. Despite the central place of this right within the global legal system, well...

26 September 2003 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the initial report of Singapore on how that country was implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the...

25 September 2003 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the initial report of Brunei Darussalam on how that country was implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights...

25 September 2003 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) are bringing...

24 September 2003 Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan today called on central and eastern European leaders to speak out openly against xenophobia and racism...

25 September 2003 Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan welcomes investigations carried out by the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal into recently...