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Iraq / Wikileaks: Information adds to concerns
Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 12:12 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
“The files reportedly indicate that the US knew, among other things, about widespread use of torture and ill-treatment of detainees by Iraqi forces, and yet proceeded with the transfer of thousands of persons who had been detained by US forces to Iraqi ... More >>
Report on Israeli flotilla attack violations
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 4:56 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Report of the international fact-finding mission to investigate violations of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law, resulting from the Israeli attacks on the flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian assistance More >>
Pacific Human Rights Defenders’ Voices Are Heard
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 3:11 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Ms Margaret Sekaggya attended a region-wide meeting held with civil society and non-government organizations working on human rights from 6 to 10 September 2010. More >>
Pacific Human Rights Record To Be Reviewed
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 3:09 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Officials from Micronesia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Samoa and Solomon Islands have met in Suva for a 2 day meeting ending today to discuss the upcoming human rights review of their countries by the UN Human Rights Council. More >>
PNG Takes Steps To Eradicate Torture In Prisons
Friday, 27 August 2010, 4:16 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Papua New Guinea has re-committed its efforts to eradicate the practice of torture and ill treatment in prisons. More >>
Working together to help prevent Torture in PNG
Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 5:50 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
An inaugural three-day meeting and workshop with Papua New Guinea prison officials on the prevention of torture and ill treatment of prison detainees begins today in Port Moresby. More >>
More Needed To Improve Indigenous People’s Rights
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 12:28 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
The UN Special Rapporteur on indigenous people, James Anaya, called on the New Zealand Government to keep on moving forward to find adequate solutions to the challenges still faced by the Maori population. More >>
UN Expert On Indigenous In Follow-Up Mission To NZ
Saturday, 17 July 2010, 12:27 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
The UN Special Rapporteur on indigenous people, James Anaya, will visit New Zealand from 18 to 23 July to gather information on developments concerning indigenous peoples in the country since the mission of his predecessor in 2005 More >>
UN welcomes New Zealand’s endorsement
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 11:12 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) welcomes the New Zealand Government’s decision to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). More >>
Simplistic Labels Not Enough on Climate Change
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 3:58 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
The UN Refugee Agency says the protection of people affected by climate change is a complex problem that cannot be solved with simplistic explanations, labels, or approaches. More >>
Human Rights Chief Concludes Visit To Afghanistan
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 9:47 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Without doubt there have been positive achievements since my last visit in 2005, not least the flourishing media we see represented here today. The top issue on everyone's agenda, however, has been security. More >>
Commission On Human Rights Opens Session On ET
Monday, 27 September 1999, 10:17 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA, 23 September (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this afternoon began a special session on the situation in East Timor as the High Commissioner for Human Rights and a series of countries condemned human-rights violations on the ... More >>
UN Human Rights Commission Adjourns Till Monday
Monday, 27 September 1999, 9:59 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA, 24 September (United Nations Information Service) -- Members of the Commission on Human Rights listened this afternoon to emotional testimony from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) about alleged atrocities in East Timor, with the Indonesian ... More >>
Commission On Human Rights Special Session On ET
Monday, 27 September 1999, 9:55 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA, 24 September (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights continued this morning its special session on the human-rights situation in East Timor, with countries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) debating whether an international ... More >>
