Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 17 January 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its forty-eighth session, hearing a...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 17 January 2011 Discusses Situation of the Rights of Women in Israel, Kenya, Lichtenstein and South Africa The Committee on the Elimination of...

Human Rights Council Advisory Committee 17 January 2011 Discusses Best Practices in the Matter of Missing Persons The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon opened its sixth session...

GENEVA (14 January 2011) – UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk expressed concern over what he described as “series of illegal acts by Israeli authorities” in the occupied territories, namely the...

DAKAR (14 January 2011) – “Senegal has achieved important advances in access to primary schools over the last decade; however, as children finally arrive to the class room, quality of education must...

GENEVA (14 January 2011) – A group of UN independent human rights experts* urged the Tunisian Government to control the use of force against peaceful demonstrators, after 21 deaths were officially...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 13 January 2011 Situation of Children’s’ Rights in Afghanistan, Belarus, Denmark, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and Ukraine to be Reviewed The...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 13 January 2011 Reports of Bangladesh, Belarus, Israel, Kenya, Lichtenstein, Sri Lanka and South Africa to be Reviewed The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 13 January 2011 The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its sixth session from 17 to 21 January 2011 in Room XX of the Palais des Nations. The Advisory Committee...

13 January 2011 GENEVA – The press conference scheduled for the conclusion of the UN Independent Expert on human rights and extreme poverty mission to Ireland has been cancelled due to a medical...