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“A Buffer Against More Than Just Hunger” – UN Special Rappor
Friday, 22 June 2012, 4:00 pm | UN Human Rights Office
“A Buffer Against More Than Just Hunger” – UN Special Rapporteur Welcomes Right To Food In Rio+20 More >>
Special Rapporteur on Violence against women PNG
Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 3:42 pm | UN Human Rights Office
PORT MORESBY (26 March 2012) – At the end of her official country mission to Papua New Guinea, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Rashida Manjoo, delivered the following statement: “I would like to begin by ... More >>
Sri Lanka / human rights defenders
Saturday, 24 March 2012, 3:57 pm | UN Human Rights Office
The High Commissioner for Human Rights is today warning that there must be no reprisals against Sri Lankan human rights defenders in the aftermath of yesterday's adoption by the Human Rights Council of a resolution on Sri Lanka. More >>
Ethiopia: UN Disturbed At Persistent Misuse Of Terror Law
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 4:38 pm | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA– A number of UN human rights experts on Thursday expressed their dismay at the continuing abuse of anti-terrorism legislation to curb freedom of expression in Ethiopia. A week ago, three journalists and two opposition politicians* were given ... More >>
Papua New Guinea’s Human Rights Situation In 2011
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 11:51 am | UN Human Rights Office
In 2011, Papua New Guinea appeared before the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in Geneva and made a series of commitments to progress human rights in the country. Papua New Guinea was participating in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process ... More >>
Climate Finance Should Not Add To The External Debt Burdens
Friday, 9 December 2011, 12:43 pm | UN Human Rights Office
The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Cephas Lumina, urged the international climate change gatherings currently underway in Durban, South Africa, to ensure that finance under the proposed Green Climate Fund does not exacerbate ... More >>
Women’s Voices Must Be Heard During Times Of Transition
Friday, 9 December 2011, 12:28 pm | UN Human Rights Office
Statement by the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, and the Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice More >>
Human Rights Go “Viral” In 2011
Friday, 9 December 2011, 12:23 pm | UN Human Rights Office
NEW YORK – An unprecedented social media campaign built around the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been gathering momentum in the run-up to Human Rights Day, which is celebrated every year on 10 December. Citing new viewing statistics, the UN human ... More >>
UN High Commissioner at 'Celebrate Human Rights Conference'
Monday, 5 December 2011, 10:09 am | UN Human Rights Office
A year when a single word, embodying the thwarted quest of a single impoverished young man in a remote province of Tunisia, struck a chord which swiftly rose to a crescendo. More >>
Australia / Trafficking: Focus On Needs of Victims - UN
Monday, 5 December 2011, 10:01 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA / CAMBERA (1st December 2011) – United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, yesterday urged the Australian Government to devote greater attention to the rights and needs of the ... More >>
Australia: UN Special Rapporteur in Trafficking in Persons
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 11:01 am | UN Human Rights Office
The Australian Government should also be commended on developing a robust working relationship with civil society. I was fortunate to attend the yearly National Roundtable on People Trafficking in Canberra, which provides an important opportunity for government ... More >>
Probing Rights Violations In Iran Through Diaspora in Europe
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 11:38 am | UN Human Rights Office
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, will launch a fact-finding mission to three European countries which host Iranian diaspora. Mr. Shaheed will visit France, Germany and ... More >>
UN Rights Expert Calls For Solidarity With Palestinians
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 11:31 am | UN Human Rights Office
On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Mr. Richard Falk, expresses his solidarity with the Palestinian people ... More >>
Human Rights Chief Welcomes Australian Asylum Policy Shift
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 11:00 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (29 November 2011) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement that more asylum seekers will be released from mandatory detention and placed in the community. More >>
Ignoring Human Rights Not an Option for DPR Korea
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 1:51 pm | UN Human Rights Office
SEOUL / GENEVA (28 November 2011) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman urged the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to cooperate with the UN human rights system and start implementing some of their recommendations, ... More >>
ASEAN Region: Next Two Years Key To Human Rights Development
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 1:04 pm | UN Human Rights Office
BALI / GENEVA (28 November 2011) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Monday that the next two years will be crucial to the development of regional and national human rights institutions in the ASEAN region, particularly ... More >>
Durban: Call For ‘Preventive’ International Solidarity
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 12:22 pm | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (28 November 2011) – The UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity, Virginia Dandan, urged ‘old and new polluters’ to take the lead in the climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa, and push for ‘preventive’ ... More >>
Twenty Years Protecting People From Arbitrary Detention
Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 10:59 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA / PARIS (11 November 2011) – Aung San Suu Kyi, Xanana Gusmao, Carmen Julia Arias Iglesias, Manouchehr Karimzadeh, Haitham al-Maleh, Qi Dafeng, Pham Cong Canh – the list of cases investigated by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary ... More >>
Mercenaries:Iraq, South Africa & Equatorial Guinea:3 reports
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 3:14 pm | UN Human Rights Office
The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries released three country mission reports on Iraq, South Africa and Equatorial Guinea, focusing on a wide range of issues such as immunity, lack of accountability, and links between mercenaries ... More >>
Freedom of opinion and expression – how far protections go
Friday, 29 July 2011, 5:51 pm | UN Human Rights Office
The UN Human Rights Committee has issued an authoritative new commentary on one of the most challenged and sensitive topics in international human rights law – the extent to which the freedom of opinion and expression can be restricted by a state. More >>
