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COTE D'IVOIRE: UN EXPERTS DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WHICH MAY AMOUNT TO CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY31 December 2010
"FROM FOOD SECURITY TO THE RIGHT TO FOOD" – UN EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS CHINA'S NEXT STEPS23 December 2010
ROMANIA: COMMITMENT TO PROTECT CHILDREN AND ADULTS FROM ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION, BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE - UN EXPERT ON SLAVERY22 December 2010
UN EXPERT WELCOMES UNITED STATES’ ENDORSEMENT OF THE DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES17 December 2010
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN CALLS FOR RELEASE OF DETAINED JOURNALISTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS17 December 2010 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UN EXPERT ENDS VISIT TO ZAMBIA10 December 2010
EU-INDIA DRAFT FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: GENERIC MEDICATIONS UNDER THREAT, SAYS UN HEALTH EXPERT10 December 2010
UN EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY TO VISIT ROMANIA10 December 2010
VOICES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION MUST NOT BE SILENCED, UN EXPERTS WARN 9 December 2010
UN EXPERT ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS TO VISIT MOZAMBIQUE 3 December 2010
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UN EXPERT LAUNCHES VISIT TO ZAMBIA3 December 2010
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT SAYS PROLONGED OCCUPATION IS A NEW TYPE OF CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY 29 November 2010
A NEW LANDMARK STEP THAT FURTHER EXPANDS THE PROTECTION OF VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES25 November 2010
STATES MUST REDRESS WRONGS COMMITTED AGAINST TRAFFICKED PERSONS - “IT IS THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATION”24 November 2010
BRAZIL: IMPORTANT STEPS TAKEN TO PROMOTE CULTURAL RIGHTS BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN, SAYS UN EXPERT19 November 2010
SOUTH AFRICA SHOULD PURSUE EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES, SAY UN EXPERTS19 November 2010
UN EXPERT ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA MAKES FIRST VISIT TO REGION18 November 2010
SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON HEALTH IN SYRIA, BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE, SAYS UN EXPERT15 November 2010
UN EXPERT ON MYANMAR WELCOMES RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI 15 November 2010
UN EXPERTS URGE MYANMAR TO RELEASE AUNG SAN SUU KYI AND OTHER PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE12 November 2010
UN EXPERTS CONDEMN "BRUTAL SUMMARY EXECUTION" OF TEENAGE GIRLS IN SOMALIA11 November 2010
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES VISIT TO ALGERIA10 November 2010
SOUTH AFRICA: UN EXPERTS TO DISCUSS THE REGULATION OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES9 November 2010
BRAZIL: FIRST MISSION BY A UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON CULTURAL RIGHTS5 November 2010
“I AM A SURVIVOR OF TORTURE MYSELF” SAYS NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE JUAN E. MÉNDEZ4 November 2010
UN EXPERT PANEL STARTS TO REVIEW OVER 300 CASES OF DISAPPEARANCES3 November 2010
RACISM PLAGUES EVERY SOCIETY, SAYS UN EXPERT2 November 2010
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR IN FIRST MISSION TO THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO29 October 2010
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UN EXPERT LAUNCHES VISIT TO ALGERIA29 October 2010
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: UN EXPERT DESCRIBES PRISON SENTENCES FOR PANAMANIAN JOURNALISTS AS A "WORRYING PRECEDENT" 28 October 2010
UN EXPERT ON SALE OF CHILDREN SAYS CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE UNITED STATES BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN27 October 2010
UN EXPERT SAYS SECURITY COUNCIL’S COUNTER-TERRORISM MEASURES LACK LEGAL BASIS 26 October 2010
UN EXPERT URGES COUNTRIES TO FOCUS SOCIAL PROTECTION ON GENDER INEQUALITIES25 October 2010
UN EXPERTS CRITICIZE TREATMENT OF MIGRANTS AFTER DEPORTEE DIES WHILE IN CUSTODY OF A UNITED KINGDOM PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY21 October 2010
UN EXPERT ON TORTURE WARNS THAT DETENTION FACILITIES ARE IN CRISIS IN GREECE 20 October 2010
UN EXPERT ON DISPLACED PERSONS SAYS HAITI IS STILL IN CRISIS19 October 2010
UN EXPERT BODY CALLS FOR STRONGER OVERSIGHT OF UNITED STATES’ PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN AFGHANISTAN19 October 2010
MEXICO: GROWING VIOLENCE WILL ONLY BE OVERCOME WITH A STRONG AND INDEPENDENT JUSTICE SYSTEM, WARNS UN EXPERT18 October 2010
“IN ROME, THE COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY REINVENTS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE,” SAYS UN EXPERT16 October 2010
THE SHIFT TO LOW-CARBON AGRICULTURE IS BECOMING A MATTER OF URGENCY,” SAYS UN FOOD EXPERT15 October 2010
CHILD PROSTITUTION/PORNOGRAPHY: UN EXPERT IN FACT-FINDING MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES11 October 2010
UN EXPERTS URGE CHINA TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELEASE ALL PERSONS DETAINED FOR PEACEFULLY EXERCISING THEIR RIGHTS11 October 2010
UN EXPERT URGES GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR TO GUARANTEE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AFTER LAST WEEK’S VIOLENCE 7 October 2010
UN EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: HUMAN TRAFFICKING KNOWS NO BORDER, AND REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IS IMPERATIVE AGAINST IT7 October 2010
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE TO BEGIN FACT-FINDING MISSION TO GREECE7 October 2010
UN UNITED TO MAKE THE RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION LEGALLY BINDING1 October 2010
UN EXPERT SAYS FINDING DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR AND HELPING INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS ARE KEY ASPECTS OF PEACE-BUILDING IN IRAQ29 September 2010
UN EXPERT TO EXAMINE THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS IN MEXICO27 September 2010
UN EXPERT WARNS THAT DECREASING SUPPORT TO EDUCATION WILL JEOPARDIZE ADVANCES IN THE MILLENNIUM GOALS23 September 2010
MORE MUST BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN ARMENIA, SAYS UN EXPERT20 September 2010
“WITHOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, MILLENNIUM GOALS WILL FAIL, ” SAY UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS 17 September 2010
UN EXPERT ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO FIND DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN GEORGIA16 September 2010
SUDAN: UN EXPERT URGES INVESTIGATION OF RECENT ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS IN NORTHERN DARFUR14 September 2010
UN EXPERT URGES SUDANESE GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE RECENT ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS IN NORTHERN DAFUR 14 September 2010
ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY STILL A CHALLENGE IN MOZAMBIQUE - UN EXPERT ON THE JUDGES AND LAWYERS14 September 2010
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM CONCLUDES FACT-FINDING MISSION TO PERU14 September 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR WARNS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FORCED EVICTIONS ON THE RIGHT TO HOUSING IN KAZAKHSTAN 13 September 2010
UN EXPERT ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED TO VISIT CAUCASUS13 September 2010
ARGENTINA MUST BREAK THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING CHAIN, URGES UN EXPERT12 September 2010
“TWO TO THREE MILLION SYRIANS FACE FOOD INSECURITY,” ACCORDING TO UN FOOD EXPERT 7 September 2010
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO FOOD SAYS FOOD RIOTS ARE A RESULT OF A PREDICTABLE CRISIS AND UNPREPARED GOVERNMENTS7 September 2010[French version]
KAZAKHSTAN: UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING TO FOCUS ON THE TRANSITION TO THE MARKET ECONOMY AND ITS IMPACT ON HOUSING RIGHTS6 September 2010
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAUNCHES FACT-FINDING MISSION TO LATIN AMERICA3 September 2010
“AS VIET NAM DEVELOPS, NEW EFFORTS ARE NEEDED TO ENSURE NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND,” SAYS UN EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY31 August 2010
COUNTER-TERRORISM: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO VISIT PERU 30 August 2010 [Spanish version]
RIGHT TO FOOD: FIRST VISIT TO SYRIA BY A UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR27 August 2010
THE UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SOMALIA CALLS FOR NATION-WIDE, GRASSROOTS ACTION TO PREVENT FURTHER BLOODSHED27 August 2010
UN EXPERT ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS TO VISIT MOZAMBIQUE25 August 2010
UN EXPERT URGES ACCELERATION OF PROGRESS FOR RUSSIA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 24 August 2010
UN EXPERT ON SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TO VISIT EL SALVADOR20 August 2010[Spanish version]
EXTREME POVERTY: UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT TO VISIT VIETNAM20 August 2010
FIRST JOINT MISSION BY EXPERTS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES TO VISIT MEXICO6 August 2010
UN EXPERT WELCOMES RECOGNITION OF ACCESS TO SAFE AND CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT2 August 2010
DESTITUCIÓN DE JUECES EN HONDURAS ENVÍA MENSAJE INTIMIDATORIO, ADVIERTEN EXPERTOS DE LA ONU30 July 2010
NEW ZEALAND: MORE TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S RIGHTS, SAYS UN EXPERT23 July 2010
UN EXPERT SAYS BILINGUAL EDUCATION IS KEY FOR VIET NAM’S MINORITIES21 July 2010
UN RIGHTS EXPERTS ON TORTURE AND COUNTER-TERRORISM CONCERNED ABOUT FATE OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES21 July 2010
PROTECT THE DISPLACED AND HELP THEM RETURN TO BUILD PEACE IN CENTRAL AFRICA, UN EXPERT SAYS16 July 2010
UN EXPERT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN FOLLOW-UP MISSION TO NEW ZEALAND16 July 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT FINDS “ASTONISHINGLY HIGH RATES OF IMPUNITY FOR KILLINGS IN ECUADOR”16 July 2010
UN EXPERT TO STUDY JAPAN’S KEY ROLE AS BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL DONOR TO WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS16 July 2010
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO HOUSING: PROBLEMS FROM THE PAST AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE IN POST CONFLICT CROATIA 13 July 2010
ITALY: DRAFT WIRETAPPING LAW SHOULD BE SCRAPPED OR REVISED, SAYS UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION13 July 2010
UN EXPERT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS TO INVESTIGATE CLAIMS OF UNLAWFUL KILLINGS IN ECUADOR2 July 2010 [Spanish version]
CROATIA: UN EXPERT TO FOCUS ON HOUSING RIGHTS IN POST CONFLICT CROATIA1 July 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES TO VISIT VIET NAM1 July 2010
ISRAEL MUST AVOID FURTHER VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN EAST JERUSALEM - UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT29 June 2010
(INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE - 26 JUNE 2010) TORTURE STILL WIDESPREAD AND IMPUNITY PREVAILS, WARN FOUR UN EXPERT BODIES25 June 2010[French version]
BURUNDI: UN EXPERT WARNS ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN RUN-UP TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS25 June 2010[French version]
DISAPPEARANCES: UN EXPERT PANEL STUDIED 170 CASES 10 UNDER ITS URGENT ACTION PROCEDURE25 June 2010
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: MORE SUPPORT NEEDED TO BRING PERPETRATORS TO JUSTICE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 23 June 2010
RIGHT TO FOOD: "AGROECOLOGY OUTPERFORMS LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL FARMING FOR GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY," SAYS UN EXPERT22 June 2010
ARMENIA: UN EXPERT URGES GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS ONGOING OBSTACLES FACED BY HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS18 June 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MYANMAR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI 17 June 2010
CAMBODIA: "TREMENDOUS CHALLENGES IN DELIVERING JUSTICE FOR ALL", SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT17 June 2010
VENEZUELA: UN EXPERT CALLS ON THE AUTHORITIES TO WITHDRAW ARREST WARRANT AGAINST TV CHANNEL PRESIDENT17 June 2010 [Spanish version]
UN EXPERTS ALARMED BY ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN CALL FOR RESTRAINT AND DIALOGUE15 June 2010
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: UN EXPERT BODY TO VIST BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA11 June 2010
MSION A GUATEMALA DEL RELATOR ESPECIAL DE LA ONU SOBRE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS DE LOS INDIGENAS 11 June 2010
GAZA FLOTILLA: “TO BE CREDIBLE, ISRAELI INQUIRY MUST BE GIVEN THE CAPACITY TO FIND THE FACTS," SAYS UN EXPERT 11 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: UN EXPERT LAUNCHES FACT-FINDING MISSION TO ARMENIA10 June 2010
TORTURE: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR DISAPPOINTED THAT VISIT TO CUBA WILL NOT TAKE PLACE9 June 2010[English - Spanish]
DRC: UN EXPERTS CALL FOR REINFORCEMENT OF INVESTIGATION INTO KILLING OF PROMINENT CONGOLESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER9 June 2010[English - French]
ORDINARY AND INDIGENOUS JUSTICE IN ECUADOR: "THE KAY LIES IN DIALOGUE" SAYS UN EXPERT8 June 2010[English - Spanish]
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO ASSESS THE JUDICIARY IN CAMBODIA7 June 2010
UN WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO VISIT MALAYSIA7 June 2010
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA TO UNDERTAKE VISIT WITH FOCUS ON FUNCTIONING OF THE JUDICIARY IN THE COUNTRY4 June 2010
UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT WARNS: “EXTREME POVERTY AROUND THE CORNER FOR OLDER PERSONS EVERYWHERE”4 June 2010
UN EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY: “ZAMBIA'S POOR DESERVE A LARGER SHARE OF THE NATIONAL BUDGET” 4 June 2010
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: UN EXPERT EXPRESSES GRAVE CONCERN FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY2 June 2010
FIGHTING TRAFFICKING, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN THE WORLD2 June 2010
UN EXPERT CRITICIZES “ILLEGAL” TARGETED KILLING POLICIES AND CALLS ON THE UNITED STATES TO HALT CIA DRONE KILLINGS2 June 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FINDS THAT KILLINGS BY BRAZILIAN POLICE CONTINUE AT ALARMING RATES, GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION1 June 2010
BURUNDI : L'EXPERT INDEPENDANT DES NATIONS UNIES VISITERA LE PAYS DANS LE CONTEXTE DES ELECTIONS21 mai 2010
RIGHT TO HEALTH: "A LONG WAY TO GO IN GUATEMALA" - UN EXPERT18 May 2010
UN EXPERT: SPACE FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DIMINISHING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA17 May 2010
«RIGHT TO FOOD GAINS GROUND, BUT THERE'S STILL MUCH TO BE DONE", SAYS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD14 May 2010
TORTURE: UN EXPERT IN FACT-FINDING MISSION TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA12 May 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CONTINUE TO PAY WITH THEIR LIVES IN MEXICO, WARN UN EXPERTS12 May 2010 [Spanish]
UN EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY IN FIRST FACT-FINDING VISIT TO BRAZIL12 May 2010
ARIZONA: UN EXPERTS WARN AGAINST "A DISTURBING LEGAL PATTERN HOSTILE TO ETHNIC MINORITIES AND IMMIGRANTS 11 May 2010
MYANMAR: "IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO KEEP ITS PROMISES" - UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR5 May 2010
UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TO VISIT THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER HIS PREDECESSOR3 May 2010
“IT'S HIGH TIME TO CLOSE THE LEGAL GAP FOR PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY CONTRACTORS" - UN EXPERT BODY ON MERCENARIES30 April 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM / XENOPHOBIA CONCLUDES VISIT TO SINGAPORE30 April 2010
L'EXPERT INDEPENDENT SUR LA SITUATION DES DROITS DE L'HOMME EN HAITI TERMINE SA CINQUIEME VISITE DE 10 JOURS EN HAITI 29 April 2010
PRESS STATEMENT DELIVERED BY THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE, MR. GITHU MUIGAI IN SINGAPORE28 April 2010
EGPYT FACES GROWING THREATS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WARNS UN EXPERT26 April 2010
‘VULTURE FUNDS’ – UN EXPERT ON FOREIGN DEBT WELCOMES LANDMARK LAW TO ADDRESS PROFTEERING20 April 2010
UN EXPERT'S VISIT TO VIET NAM POSTPONED DUE TO AIR TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS IN EUROPE19 April 2010
UN EXPERT'S VISIT TO SLOVENIA POSTPONED DUE TO AIR TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS IN EUROPE19 April 2010
ISRAELI MILITARY ORDERS "IN BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW", WARNS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR 19 April 2010
FIRST MISSION TO SINGAPORE BY UN EXPERT ON RACISM/XENOPHOBIA19 April 2010
EXTREME POVERTY: FIRST UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT TO VISIT VIETNAM IN 12 YEARS16 April 2010
UN EXPERT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SUPPORTS RESTART OF NEGOTIATIONS ON NORDIC SAMI CONVENTION16 April 2010
FIRST VISIT TO SLOVENIA BY UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, WATER AND SANITATION15 April 2010
HAITI: FIRST VISIT AFTER EARTHQUAKE BY UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS14 April 2010 [French]
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: UN EXPERT TO ASSESS SITUATION OF SAMI PEOPLE OF THE NORDIC COUNTRIES 12 April 2010
UN EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAUNCHES FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION9 April 2010
JAPAN: UN EXPERT URGES BETTER PROTECTION FOR MIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES31 March 2010
HAITI CONFERENCE: RECONSTRUCTION WILL FAIL IF RIGHTS ARE IGNORED, WARS UN EXPERT30 March 2010
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS: SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES IN EL SALVADOR22 March 2010 [Spanish version]
RACISM IS ALIVE AND STILL PLAGUES EVERY SOCIETY, SAYS UN EXPERTS19 March 2010
UN EXPERT ON MIGRANTS ON FIRST MISSION TO JAPAN19 March 2010
UN EXPERT ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN UNDERTAKES FOLLOW-UP VISIT TO EL SALVADOR16 March 2010
HAITI/EARTHQUAKE: RIGHTS OF THE DISPLACED MUST BE PART OF RECOVERY - UN EXPERT PANEL10 March 2010 [French version]
AUSTRALIA/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: DEVEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION TO OVERCOME SEVERE DISADVANTAGES9 March 2010
OLYMPIC GAMES/WORLD CUP: THE IMPACT OF MEGA-EVENTS ON THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING8 March 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERTS ARTICULATE A VISION FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS: POST BEIJING + 155 March 2010
“THE IMBALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN SMALLHOLDERS AN AGRIBUSINESS MUST BE CORRECT", WARNS UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR5 March 2010
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ADEQUATE HOUSING ASSESSES IMPACT OF "MEGA EVENTS" ON RIGHT TO HOUSING4 March 2010
UGANDA: LAST CHANCE TO SHELVE ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL SHOULD NOT BE MISSED, WARN UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS1 March 2010
“DIVERSITY, PARTICIPATION AND REDRESS FOR HISTORICAL WRONGS", KEY ISSUES FOR BOTSWANA'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - UN EXPERT25 February 2010
ALBANIA CAN DO MORE TO ELIMINATE BLOOD FEUDS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SAYS UN EXPERT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS23 February 2010
EXCLUSION AND QUALITY ARE MAJOR CHALLENGES TO MEXICO'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, WARNS UN EXPERT 18 February 2010
UN EXPERT ON MIGRANTS RAISES ALARM ON THREAT OF MASSIVE DEPORTATIONS FROM THAILAND 18 February 2010
MINORITY ISSUES: UN EXPERT CALLS ON COLOMBIAN AUTHORITIES TO FOCUS ON AFRO-COLOMBIAN'S PLIGHT15 February 2010
EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS: FIRST VISIT TO ALBANIA BY UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR PHILIP ALSTON12 February 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR HOPES TO MEET WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI DURING THIRD VISIT TO MYANMAR11 February 2010
SUDAN: "POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS, BUT LACK OF PROGRESS IN KEY HUMAN RIGHTS AREAS" - UN EXPERT 11 February 2010
JAMAICA: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE TO LAUNCH FACT-FINDING MISSION10 February 2010
FIRST VISIT TO MEXICO BY THE UN EXPERT ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION5 February 2010 [Spanish version]
UN EXPERT CALLS FOR URGENT CANCELLATION OF HAITI'S REMAINING MULTILATERAL DEBT4 February 2010
SEPARATED HAITIAN CHILDREN RISK BEING SOLD TRAFFICKED OR KEPT IN SLAVE-LIKE CONDITIONS - UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS2 February 2010
CHILD LABOUR IN ECUADOR, AN OBSTACLE TO DEVELOPMENT - UN EXPERT ON SLAVERY2 February 2010 [Spanish version]
"EXTREMELY SERIOUS" - STRONG WARNING ON SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SOMALIA28 January 2010
EXPERTOS DE NACIONES UNIDAS PUBLICAN ESTUDIO GLOBAL SOBRE DETENCIONES SECRETAS RELACIONADAS A LA LUCHA CONTRA EL TERRORISMO26 January 2010
UN EXPERTS ISSUE EXTENSIVE GLOBAL STUDY ON SECRET DETENTION LINKED TO COUNTER-TERRORISM26 January 2010
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER TERRORISM CONCLUDES VISIT TO TUNISIA26 January 2010
ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL THREATENS FIGHT AGAINST HIV IN UGANDA, WARNS UN EXPERT ON HEALTH22 January 2010
ESCLAVITUD: EXPERTA EN DERECHOS HUMANOS DE LA ONU INICIA MISIÓN DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECUADOR22 January 2010
COUNTER-TERRORISM: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO VISIT TUNISIA21 January 2010 [French version]
UN EXPERT ON ADEQUATE HOUSING WARNS ABOUT DIRE SITUATION OF NEW DELHI'S HOMELESS PERSONS20 January 2010
COUNTER-TERRORISM: INTRUSIVE MEASURES IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM SHOULD BE OPPOSED, SAYS UN EXPERT19 January 2010
VISIT OF THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (DPRK), PROFESSOR VITIT MUNTARBHORN, TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK): 10-16 JANUARY 2010 15 January 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERTS URGE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR HAITI FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE13 January 2010
UN EXPERTS URGE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES TO CURB XENOPHOBIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS MIGRANT WORKERS12 January 2010
TOXIC WASTE/E-WASTE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO VISIT INDIA8 January 2010
UN EXPERT CONCLUDES THAT SRI LANKAN VIDEO IS AUTHENTIC, CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATION7 January 2010
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