Summary The present report is submitted in response to Commission decision 2004/116. The report considers the scope and legal status of existing initiatives and standards on the responsibilities of...

1. The process on the right to development is moving slowly from generalities to specifics, from vagueness to clarity, from claims to proposals, and in one word from the conceptual to the operational...

Geneva, 15 February 2005 Palais des Nations Room XVII Chairperson Ambassador Salama, Distinguished delegates and dear colleagues, Allow me first of all to thank you for giving me the opportunity to...

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Distinguished delegates, Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome to all of you to this session of the Working Group on the Right to Development. The work...

14 February 2005 The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia issued the following statement on 10 February in Nairobi: The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in...

12 February 2005 The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights dealing with extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions stated today that he had submitted an urgent appeal...

14 February 2005 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour announced Sunday she had been invited by Russian authorities to visit Chechnya and that her Office would establish a...

10 February 2005 The Independent Expert of the Commission on Human Rights on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan issued the following statement today: The Independent Expert of the Commission...