Human Rights Council Advisory Committee MORNING 21 January 2011 The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning adopted five recommendations to be transmitted to the Human Rights Council on...

NEW DELHI (21 January 2011) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, expressed her concern for a contraction of the space for civil society in India...

Human Rights Council Advisory Committee ROUNDUP 21 January 2011 The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its sixth session during which it adopted five recommendations and its...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 21 January 2011 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon held its sixth informal meeting with States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 21 January 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the combined second to fourth periodic report...

GENEVA (21 January 2011) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, will conduct an official fact-finding mission to the United...