Word Count: 820 A girl befriends boys. What could be more normal and ordinary? Yet for doing just that a Turkish teenager was reportedly buried alive by her father and grandfather. This recent piece...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 18 March 2010 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Bhutan, Dominica and the Democratic People’s Republic of...

Human Rights Council MORNING 17 March 2010 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review process on Eritrea, Cyprus and the Dominican Republic. Girmai...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 17 March 2010 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Cambodia, Norway and Albania. Sun Suon, Permanent...

Human Rights Council MORNING 16 March 2010 Council Concludes General Debate on the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the...

GENEVA (16 March 2010) - From 17 to 19 March 2010, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Rashida Manjoo, will conduct a follow-up visit to El Salvador...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 16 March 2010 Council Holds General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard presentations of the reports of its...

GENEVA (15 March 2010)- The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances plans to review more than 200 cases of disappearances and recently submitted information on previously accepted...

Human Rights Council MORNING 15 March 2010 Hears from a Series of Non-Governmental Organizations Raising Various Issues Concerning Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The Human...

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 15 March 2010 The Human Rights Council during a midday meeting undertook a review of human rights situations that required its attention, hearing presentations of reports...