(Statement by the Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons) BAGHDAD (29 September 2010) – “The complexity of the internal displacement situation in...

HC/10/45 29 September 2010 GENEVA – The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will publish the report of the Mapping Exercise documenting the most serious human rights violations in...

HR/10/164 27 September 2010 GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, will visit Mexico from 1 to 15 October 2010 to assess the level of...

Human Rights Council MORNING 29 September 2010 The Human Rights Council today focused on the situation of human rights in Somalia as it took up its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 29 September 2010 Extends Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Slavery, Endorses Nomination of Special Rapporteurs on Internally Displaced Persons and on Torture The Human...

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome this important Stand-alone interactive dialogue on Somalia. For the first time in the...

Excellencies, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to be with you today to open this side-event panel discussion on “Health and Human Rights. The case of Maternal and Child...

Geneva, Palais des Nations, 28 September 2010 Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentleman, It is an honour to be here with you for this interactive dialogue during which...

Human Rights Council MORNING 28 September 2010 The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission to investigate violations of...

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 28 September 2010 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial...