NEW YORK (13 October 2010) – The Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Ms. Yanghee Lee*, has called upon Somalia and the United States to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the...

Statement by the UN Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Magdalena Sepúlveda, to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October 2010) GENEVA –...

If there is a silver lining in the ongoing uproar over the treatment of Roma in France and elsewhere, it is that this long-standing issue of egregious discrimination is now on everybody’s radar in...

Human Rights Committee 14 October 2010 The Human Rights Committee has considered the fourth periodic report of Jordan on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 14 October 2010 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports...

KINSHASA/GENEVA (13 October 2010) – A high-level panel convened by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to hear directly from victims of sexual violence in the DRC reported Wednesday on its...

Human Rights Committee 13 October 2010 The Human Rights Committee has considered the sixth periodic report of Poland on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 13 October 2010 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the combined fourth through seventh periodic...

GENEVA (11 October 2010) – UN Special Rapporteur Najat Maalla M’jid will launch a fact-finding mission to the United States of America from 12-27 October, in what will be the first visit to the...