Cape Town, South Africa, 13 October 2011 INTRODUCTION I am delighted to speak today at the National Institute for Crime Prevention and Reintegration of Offenders. As you know, the reintegration of...

BRUSSELS (12 October 2011) – “The CAP is a 50 billion euro contradiction of the EU’s commitment to help put developing world agriculture back on its feet, and will remain so under today’s reform plans...

12 October 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial, second, third and fourth periodic report of Chad on how that country is...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva 11 Geneva 2011 (1) Occupied Palestinian territory / West Bank The UN human rights office is concerned about...

11 October 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial, second, third and fourth periodic reports of Lesotho on how that country is...

GENEVA (10 October 2011) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, today urged the Government of Thailand to amend its laws on lèse...

NEW YORK (10 October 2011) – “Pervasive, widespread and unacceptable; that’s violence against women throughout the world,” said United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo at the UN General...