GENEVA (22 March 2011) – “From security to the freedoms of peaceful assembly and expression, the Government of Bahrain has ignored key human rights commitments made a month ago,” warned Tuesday a...

AFTERNOON 22 March 2011 Hears Presentation of Report by Chairman of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action The Human...

The report investigates the extent to which the right of access to and enjoyment of cultural heritage forms part of international human rights law. Stressing the need for a human rights-based approach to cultural heritage matters, the independent expert explores the concept of cultural heritage from the perspective of human rights and presents a non-exhaustive list of human rights issues related to cultural heritage.

I have recently visited Goree Island in Senegal, the infamous “door of no return” from which countless Africans were sent in chains to the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade. As I moved...

Statement by a group of UN independent human rights experts to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Monday 21 March 2011 GENEVA – “Recognition, justice and...

21 March 2011 I have recently visited Goree Island in Senegal, the infamous “door of no return” from which countless Africans were sent in chains to the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade...

MORNING 21 March 2011 The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Committee of Independent Experts in international humanitarian and human rights law established...

MIDDAY 21 March 2011 The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today held an interactive dialogue with Richard Falk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the...

MEXICO CITY (21 March 2011) – During its 93rd session, which took place in Mexico City from 15-18 March 2011, the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* examined 11...

GENEVA (21 March 2011) – United Nation Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, urged today the UN Human Rights Council to focus their attention on “the intensifying...