UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, issued the following statement to mark Human Rights Day which is commemorated on 10 December. As we jointly celebrate today not only Human Rights...

ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 10 December 2007 Palais des Nations, Room XVII Monsieur le Président, Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs, C’est avec grand plaisir que je...

AFTERNOON 10 December 2007 The commemoration of Human Rights Day at the United Nations Office at Geneva concluded this afternoon after participants marked the fifty-ninth anniversary of the adoption...

Human Rights Council 10 December 2007 The Human Rights Council today resumed its sixth session and heard a presentation by Philippe Texier, Chairperson of the Committee on Economic, Social and...

xxxxxxxxxx Geneva, 7 December 2007 The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Ghanim Alnajjar, issued the following statement today: “I am very concerned about recent reports...

Geneva, 7 December 2007-- The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, today expressed concern over the execution of three prisoners in Osaka, Japan, including one prisoner aged 75. The...

7 December 2007 The following statement was issued today by United Nations special procedures mandate holders: On this International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2007, we the Special Procedures...

Geneva, 6 December 2007-- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, expressed her grave concern over the execution of Makwan Moloudzadeh yesterday in a prison in Kermanshah...