7 June 2011 NEW YORK: At the end of his 10-day visit to Iraq, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, today urged the government to do more to protect civilians from violence....

Human Rights Council MORNING 7 June 2011 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review on Nauru, Rwanda and Nepal. Marlene Moses, Permanent Representative...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 7 June 2011 The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded its review, undertaken over the course of three meetings, of the third and fourth periodic reports...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 7 June 2011 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Saint Lucia, Oman and Austria. Donatus Keith St. Aimee...

PHNOM-PENH – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya Subedi, has said that while the country has made commendable progress, important shortcomings remain in...

Human Rights Council 6 June 2011 Concludes General Debate on Reports by the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner and on the Promotion and Protection of all Human Rights The Human Rights Council...

Committee against Torture ROUNDUP 6 June 2011 Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Finland, Ghana, Ireland, Kuwait, Mauritius, Monaco, Slovenia and Turkmenistan The Committee against Torture...

I am about to complete my fifth human rights fact-finding mission to Cambodia. The present mission was an extension of my previous mission that took place in February this year. In addition to...

GENEVA (3 June 2011) – UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression Frank La Rue warned Friday that fearful Governments are increasingly restricting the flow of information on the Internet due to...