26 February 2010 Geneva: The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances commemorates its 30th Anniversary during 2010. On this occasion, the Working Group reiterates its...

GENEVA (26 February 2010) – “Enforced disappearances remain amongst the worst human rights violations ever practised,” said Jeremy Sarkin, chair of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary...

26 February 2010 The Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the consolidated nineteenth and twentieth periodic reports of Iceland on how that country implements the...

Geneva, 26 February 2010 Dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I regret that I was not able to be present for the course of your deliberations; but am pleased to have this opportunity to address you...

ROUNDUP RELEASE 26 February 2010 Holds Dialogue with State Parties The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its one-week third session, which was primarily...

GENEVA (25 February 2010) – The UN the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples, Professor S. James Anaya, urged today the Government of...

25 February 2010 The Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined third to sixth periodic reports of Japan on how that country implements the provisions of the...

GENEVA (25 February 2010) - Representatives of some 25 from African States will meet on 3 and 4 March in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries* to discuss the...