rights

UN ‘think tank’ winds up by proposing expert body to advise Human Rights Council

25 August 2006
The United Nations “think tank” on human rights ended its last meeting today, presenting its vision of how a future advisory body could service the recently established Human Rights Council.

UN demands immediate end to demolitions and forced relocation of displaced Sudanese

17 August 2006
A United Nations human rights expert joined her voice today to the growing alarm about the Sudanese authorities’ demolition yesterday – without warning – of the homes of 12,000 long-term internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in a camp south of the capital Khartoum.

Maldives: Human rights reforms must allow freedom of religion, UN expert says

10 August 2006
A United Nations expert just back from a visit to the Maldives today hailed the country’s efforts at human rights reform but stressed that these must respect religious freedom.