Human Rights Committee 21 October 2011 The Human Rights Committee has considered the second periodic report of Kuwait on the measures undertaken by that country to implement the provisions of the...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 21 October 2011 ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Eight Countries, General Comment on Rural Women and...

NEW YORK (21 October 2011) – There is an urgent need to integrate a gender perspective in the criminal justice system as a fundamental step towards allowing equal access to justice for women and men...

NEW YORK (21 October 2011) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, Frank La Rue, urged Governments to guarantee the free flow of information on the Internet, and to ensure...

NEW YORK (21 October 2011) – The new Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, today urged the international community to embrace a new, balanced discourse on migration...

Human Rights Council 21 October 2011 The Human Rights Council today briefly resumed its suspended eighteenth session to nominate Mutama Ruteere (Kenya) as the new Special Rapporteur on contemporary...

Human Rights Committee 20 October 2011 The Human Rights Committee has considered the third periodic report of Jamaica on the measures undertaken by that country to implement the provisions of the...

NEW YORK (19 October 2011) – The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, presented on Wednesday his first report* to the...

NEW YORK (20 October 2011) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, urged the Government of Israel to adopt...