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UN Human Rights Council agrees to details for reviewing countries

19 June 2007
The United Nations Human Rights Council wrapped up its fifth session today by agreeing to a package of new measures that includes how the “universal periodic review” mechanism – which allows the human rights records of every country to be scrutinized – will work.

UN probe finds ‘significant’ human rights violations in Beit Hanoun attack

13 June 2007
The head of a fact-finding mission dispatched by the United Nations Human Rights Council to Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, where an Israeli attack killed 19 Palestinian civilians last November, said today that “significant” human rights violations occurred there and called for an independent probe by national authorities.

UN launches legislative guide on child rights treaty

12 June 2007
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has launched a new publication which aims to serve as a research tool for children's rights advocates based on the major international treaty guiding their work.

Human rights situation in Somalia deteriorating, UN rights expert says

12 June 2007
The human right situation in Somalia is deteriorating as hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee their homes while others are being subject to threats, rape and violence in the war-torn East African nation, a United Nations expert said today.
Louise Arbour

UN Human Rights Council urged to keep system of independent experts

11 June 2007
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today urged the Human Rights Council to maintain its system of independent experts and others who shine a spotlight on troubling situations around the world.

UN human rights expert calls on United States to protect migrants

21 May 2007
An independent human rights expert who reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council has called on United States authorities to promote and enforce nation-wide policies that protect the rights and welfare of migrants.
General Assembly President at meeting

Fourteen nations elected to serve on UN Human Rights Council

17 May 2007
Fourteen countries have been elected to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council after two rounds of balloting among Member States today at UN Headquarters in New York.

UN human rights chief embarks on four-country tour of Central Asia

23 April 2007
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) on Tuesday will kick off an 11-day tour of Central Asia with stops in four countries in the region.

Human Rights Council sets up independent monitoring group on Darfur

30 March 2007
The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed to set up a group of independent rights experts to work with the Sudanese Government and the African Union (AU) to monitor the situation on the ground in the war-torn Darfur region.

At UN, Human Rights Committee wraps up review of Madagascar, Chile, Barbados

30 March 2007
The Human Rights Committee, which monitors compliance with a landmark treaty on civil and political rights, today concluded a session held at United Nations Headquarters in New York after reviewing reports by Madagascar.