rights

Annan says negotiations over Human Rights Council could cause serious problem

27 February 2006
Calling the most-recent draft of a Human Rights Council “a solid basis to move forward,” United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan cautioned today against “line-by-line negotiations” over the blueprint for a new body to replace the much-criticized Commission on Human Rights.
Jan Eliasson

Blueprint for new, more effective UN human rights body unveiled

23 February 2006
Seeking to dramatically bolster the protection of human rights around the world, the President of the United Nations General Assembly today unveiled the draft blueprint for a new Human Rights Council with higher status and greater accountability than the much-criticized Commission on Human Rights that meets yearly in Geneva.

Commission on Human Rights: independent experts issue report on Guantanamo detainees

16 February 2006
Five independent human rights experts with mandates from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights today called on the United States to close the Guantánamo Bay detention centre and either bring all detainees to trial or release them without further delay, according to a joint report released today in Geneva.