11 January 2005 The following statement was issued today by 26 mandate-holders of special procedures of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (full list at bottom of document): In our capacity...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 11 January 2005 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the third periodic report of Sweden on that country’s efforts to implement the provisions...

10 January 2005 The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is set to establish an expanded presence in Guatemala later this year, according to the terms of an...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 10 January 2005 Hears Statement by Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights; Observes Minute of Silence in Memory of Victims of Tsunami The Committee on the...

Committee on the Rights of the Child BACKGROUND RELEASE 6 January 2005 Situation of Child Rights in Sweden, Albania, Luxembourg, Austria, Belize, the Bahamas, Iran, Nigeria, Togo and Bolivia to be...

This publication is a preliminary effort to identify whether, and to what extent, indigenous peoples enjoy the right to adequate housing in different regions of the world. It includes seven case...

This publication is designed to assist National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) to measure their own effectiveness. It was prepared through a participatory process involving members of NHRIs and...

This publication relates to the proceedings of a Workshop to commemorate the end of the United Nations Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, held in Paris, from 19-20 February 2003...

The relationship between trade and human rights has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years. While trade can be an engine for the economic growth needed to combat poverty and promote...

This publication covers the Committee’s forty-seventh to fifty-fifth sessions.