7 July 2009 “Persons who were internally displaced from and within Kosovo still face serious obstacles to return and local integration”, said Walter Kaelin, Representative of the United Nations...

7 July 2009 GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Tuesday she was alarmed by the large number of casualties during Sunday’s rioting in Urumqi, the capital of China's...

3 June 2009 The United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall, will undertake a country visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan from 6 to 15 July 2009, at the invitation of the...

2 July 2009 GENEVA - The United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Ms. Gay McDougall, will undertake a country visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan from 6 to 15 July 2009, at the invitation...

2 July 2009 GENEVA - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk, denounced the unlawful naval seizure by an Israeli...

1 July 2009 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy, today expressed his concern at recent attempts to restrict the freedom of lawyers to...

Women’s Rights in Human Rights Systems: Past, Present and Future University of Western Cape 1 July 2009 “Equality includes full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms. To promote the...