The Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights are the first global policy guidelines focused specifically on the human rights of people living in poverty. They are intended for use by...

Commission on Human Rights 27 March 2006 Refers All Reports of its Mechanisms to the Human Rights Council for Further Consideration at its First Session in June 2006 The Commission on Human Rights...

27 March 2006 Following is the statement of Louise Arbour, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which she delivered today at the Palais des Nations at the last meeting of the...

Commission on Human Rights 20 March 2006 The Commission on Human Rights this morning resumed its sixty-second session and then decided by consensus to suspend its work for a further week until Monday...

Human Rights Commission 13 March 2006 The Human Rights Commission this morning opened its sixty-second session and then decided by consensus to suspend its work for one week until Monday, 20 March...

16 January 2006 High Commissioner for Human Rights Hopes Crucial Role of the Commission in the Field of Human Rights Will Be Embodied in the Human Rights Council The Commission on Human Rights today...

6 October 2005 The Chairman of the sixty-first session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Makarim Wibisono, today announced the appointment of José Luis Gómez del Prado to serve as...

The Chairman of the sixty-first session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Makarim Wibisono, today announced the appointment of a number of experts to occupy positions in fact-finding...