NEW YORK, 10 December 2003 Friends of the Human Rights Movement, On this day, Human Rights Day, the fifty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is fitting...

10 December 2003 Geneva - Today, on Human Rights Day, three UN agencies are launching a colourful, interactive cartoon booklet called “HIV/AIDS Stand Up for Human Rights”. The cartoon is part of a...

POVERTY, CONFLICTS, TERRORISM, VIOLENCE, PREJUDICE AND BAD GOVERNANCE GROSSLY VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS 10 DECEMBER 2003 We must all be deeply distressed and anguished on this Human Rights Day that, 10...

09.12.2003 The following statement was issued today by 22 Independent Experts of the Commission on Human Rights on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2003: "On the occasion of the United...

08.12.2003 Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs, Je vous remercie d’être venus ici nombreux pour participer au lancement de notre Appel annuel 2004. Merci aussi pour votre soutien toujours renouvelé...

08.12.2003 The Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Professor Iulia Motoc, has decided to continue her trip to...

5 December 2003 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is seeking $54.8 million in contributions to fund activities in the coming year and to continue efforts to...

4 December 2003 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has offered to make its expertise available to Iraqi officials and representatives of the country's civil...

5 December 2003 Two independent human rights bodies have found violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel...