RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ESSENTIAL FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY The following is a statement of the United Nations Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, on the occasion of...

The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Ambeyi Ligabo, will visit the Islamic...

Gabriela Rodriguez Pizarro, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the human rights of migrants, will visit Morocco from 19 to 31 October 2003 at the invitation of the Government...

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...

Women’s World Summit Foundation, WWSF Palais Wilson, Geneva, 15 October 2003 J'ai l'immense plaisir de vous souhaiter la bienvenue à cet évènement qui nous réunit tous aujourd'hui au Palais Wilson...

15 October 2003 The Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Juan Miguel Petit, will visit Brazil from 3...

14 October 2003 The United Nations Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, echoes the concerns of Secretary-General Kofi Annan over the continuing violence in Bolivia in which...

14 October 2003 The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on the question of torture, Theo van Boven, has completed a one week fact-finding mission to Spain at the...