Human Rights Council Advisory Committee BACKGROUND RELEASE 31 July 2008 The first session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will be held from 4 to 15 August 2008, in Room XIX of the...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya, will visit the Republic of Togo from 28 July to 4 August 2008 at the invitation of the...

FRIDAY 18 JULY, 2008 Monrovia-- Over the course of this 14 day visit, my ninth since 2003, I have met with Government officials, civil society, United Nations agencies and funds and the diplomatic...

31 October 2003 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders, Hina Jilani, will undertake a fact-finding mission to the Republic of Turkey from 1 to 10 December 2003...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur of the Commission of Human Rights on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Mr. Ambeyi Ligabo, and the United Nations...

The Special Rapporteur on Torture, Mr. Theo Van Boven; the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Mrs. Asma Jahangir; the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and the...