AFTERNOON 21 March 2011 High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Reports The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other Occupied...

Kathmandu (20 March 2011) – The National Dalit Commission (NDC) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR - Nepal), on the eve of the International Day for the...

(1) Libya We very much welcome yesterday's Security Council Resolution on Libya. As both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Deputy High Commissioner have pointed out in recent weeks...

GENEVA (18 March 2011) – UN Independent Expert Cephas Lumina will visit Viet Nam from 21-29 March 2011 to assess the impact of the country’s debt burden on the realization of human rights and the...

GENEVA (18 March 2011) – UN Independent Expert Mohamed Chande Othman expressed his concern about the continuing deterioration of the situation in the Abyei region in the Transitional Area of Sudan*...

GENEVA (18 March 2011) – Three United Nations independent human rights experts* condemned the violent crackdown on protesters in Yemen, and urged the Government to stop the excessive use of force as a...

18 March 2011 DAKAR, SENEGAL – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Friday that Senegal had made significant strides in its efforts to protect the human rights of its citizens in...

18 March 2011 Recognition, Justice and Development: A Roadmap to Achieve Full Equality for People of African Descent Following is a statement by a group of UN independent human rights experts to mark...

18 March 2011 Joint Statement on Occasion of World Water Day GENEVA - On the occasion of World Water Day, which is commemorated on 22 March 2011, the UN Independent Expert on water and sanitation...

Human Rights Council MORNING 18 March 2011 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Micronesia and Mauritania. Jeem Lippwe, Deputy Permanent...