rights

Wrapping up session, UN Human Rights Council to send expert to Myanmar

14 December 2007
The United Nations Human Rights Council concluded its sixth session today in Geneva, adopting 13 resolutions and decisions, including a request that the independent expert on Myanmar return to the South-East Asian nation for further assessments.
Louise Arbour

UN human rights chief welcomes Rwanda’s abolition of death penalty

11 December 2007
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today lauded the abolition of the death penalty in Rwanda.

Human rights enshrined in UN Declaration apply universally, says Ban Ki-moon

10 December 2007
The freedoms upheld in the historic United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights must be enjoyed by everyone, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today on the occasion of Human Rights Day.

UN human rights office establishes West African regional office

3 December 2007
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Senegalese Government today signed an agreement to set up a regional office in the capital, Dakar, to bolster the protection of rights across West Africa.

UN expert invited to observe military commission hearings at Guantanamo Bay

3 December 2007
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism today announced that he will attend, at the invitation of the United States Government, military commission hearings scheduled to commence on Wednesday at Guantanamo Bay.