Geneva, 11 November 2011 The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances and the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances met for the first time on Wednesday 8...

GENEVA (11 November 2011) – The UN human rights chief on Friday called for an investigation into Thursday's aerial bombing of a refugee camp in Unity State in South Sudan, and said that the...

GENEVA (11 November 2011) - The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances concluded its 95th session, which was held from 1 to 11 November 2010, at the United Nations...

GENEVA (11 November 2011) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, will visit Senegal from 14 to 22 November 2011 to hold a...

10 November 2011 The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the initial report submitted by Madagascar on how it implements the provisions of the Convention against Torture...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 10 November 2011 Experts to Review Reports of Estonia, Israel, Turkmenistan, Cameroon and Argentina The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will meet at the Palais...

10 November 2011 The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Bulgaria to questions raised by Committee Experts on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of that country...

10 November 2011 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances, the Committee responsible for reviewing how States implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons...

GENEVA/KINSHASA (9 November 2011) – A UN report released today reveals a worrying number of human rights violations during the pre-electoral period in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, warning...