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In previous issues:
28/3/2008
Ban Ki-Moon Condemns  Offensively Anti-Islamic Video
29/2/2008
MEPs deeply disturbed by reports of Palestinian detainees' plight
22/2/2008
MEPs Scrutinize Human rights: Timor-Leste, Belarus, Congo

MEPs to Attend Seventh Session of the UN Human Rights Council
15/2/2008
World-Famous Actors, Humanitarians Join UN Call to End Violence against Women
8/2/2008
British Actress's Brainchild Spotlights Plight of Sex Trafficking Victims
Europe Marks International Day of Zero Tolerance Against Female Genital Mutilation.

25/1/2008
UNICEF Warns Of Abuses Against Children In Kenya
14/12/2007
UN’s Top Rights Chief Speaks Out Against Execution of a Minor in Iran
Use of Child Soldiers Continues in Myanmar and Burundi, says UN

16/11/2007
Dr Congo: UNICEF And Its Partner Help Free Over 230 Children From Militia
2/11/2007
Preference For Sons in Asia Could Have Severe Social Consequences
Torture Widely Practiced in Sri Lanka, Says UN

27/10/2007
Sexual Violence Against Women In DR Congo Amounts To War Crime: UN Expert
UN Human right Expert Speaks against Death Penalty
Migrants Endure Increasing Violence And Discrimination
Attempted Transfer Of Children Out Of Chad ‘Illegal And Irresponsible’

20/10/2007
Europe Calls for Worldwide Moratorium on Executions

Top Envoy Speaks out Against Death Penalty Following Afghan Executions
28/9/2007
Myanmar: UN Human Rights Council to Hold Special Session Next Week
21/9/2007
DR Congo Government Forces Commit Worst Of Widespread Abuses – UN Report
27/7/2007
European Commission Welcomes Abolition of The Death Penalty in Rwanda
6/7/2007
OSCE Centre trains members of Tajik Parliament to create and improve gender laws
Danish funded anti-trafficking training sessions for Ukraine

29/6/2007
The fight against torture: a key priority for the EU
22/6/2007
Almost One In Four Young Afghan Children Forced To Work
Launching the European Day against the Death Penalty

8/6/2007
UN War Crimes Prosecutor Calls For Arrest of Darfur Suspects
27/6/2007
UN Human Rights Chief ‘Appalled’ By Sexual Violence In Dr Congo, Burundi
25/5/2007
Despite Intimidation Freedom of Expression Increases in Ukraine
18/5/2007
General Assembly President Calls For Women’s Rights in Middle East
27/4/2007
EU Allocates € 93,8 Millions to Promote Fundamental Rights and Democratic Participation Over The Period 2007-2013
UN Experts Concerned at Attack on Human Rights Defenders In Myanmar
20/4/2007
Undercover tale of discrimination wins EU press award
30/3/2007
Record Number Of Countries Sign UN Treaty On Disabilities On Opening Day
Human Rights Council Calls For Fact-Finding Missions To Probe Alleged Israeli Abuses

16/3/2007
European Union deploys Election Observation Mission to Nigeria

UN Human Rights Chief Says All Countries Deserve Scrutiny
9/3/2007
UN Marks International Women’s Day With Spotlight On Curbing Gender-Based Violence

Commission Puts Gender Equality At The Heart Of Development Cooperation

2/3/2007
200 Years After Abolition of Slave Trade, Slave-Like Practices Persist, Says UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon
23/2/2007
Malaysia Should Boost Education Through Strengthened Human Rights
16/2/2007
10th Anniversary of Fund to End Violence Against Women
9/2/2007
3rd World Congress against the Death Penalty
UN envoy for children in conflict welcomes commitments at recent summit
UN-approved global pact to outlaw enforced disappearances opens for signature
2/2/2007
Violence Against Algerian Women Hidden Because of Social Taboos
26/1/2007
Child Soldiers:Paris International Conference
19/1/2007
Record Number of Countries Contribute Record Amount to UN Population Fund
Over 34,000 Civilians Killed in Iraq in 2006, Says UN Report on Rights Violations

15/12/2006
EP critical of Russian human rights record

European Union Election Observation Mission to Bangladesh
Serbian Government Not Doing Enough for Victims of War Crimes
24/11/2006
Grants For 28 Initiatives In Countries To End Violence Against Women
10/11/2006
UN Officials Deplore Lack Of Protection For Civilians In Sri Lanka
3/11/2006
European Parliament Awards Sakharov Prize Awarded to Belarus Opposition Leader
13/10/2006
European Commission Joins World Day Against Death Penalty Celebration
6/10/2006
UN Health Agency Urges Action to Counter Violence against Women
22/9/2006
Chile’s President Urges UN To Champion Human Rights
Kosovo: Attacks on Serbs Continue as Final Status is Debated
8/9/2006
States Must do More to Protect Women's Human Rights says UN Agency

28/7/2006
Congolese army accused of rights violations
Great efforts have been made in Nepal according to EP Delegation
14/7/2006
Nepal's hidden tragedy: Children caught in the conflict
7/7/2006
Commission Launches Comprehensive EU Strategy to Promote and Safeguard the Rights of the Child
UN Expert Visiting Jordan Finds ‘General Impunity For Torture And Ill-Treatment’

30/6/2006
Balkan countries must do more to help Roma, refugees and displaced people – UN report
Brutality still rampant despite progress in protecting civilians: UN official
UN Human Rights Council adopts documents on disappearances and indigenous peoples

23/6/2006
Annan Inaugurates UN Strengthened Human Rights Council With Appeal For ‘New Era’
New Right To Inspect Prisons Included In The UN Treaty On Torture
UNESCO Chief Condemns Murder of Pakistani Journalist
We Should Do Better For Women - by Fennie Somerville
16/6/2006
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: towards an action plan on gender equality
9/6/2006
UN Rights Expert Deplores Public Execution By Taliban

Kyrgyz Government Urged Not to Return Uzbek Refugees Against Their Will
2/6/2006
Forced marriages, domestic violence contribute to female suicide in Turkey – UN expert
OSCE and UN hold roundtable on prison conditions in Tajikistan

19/5/2006
UNICEF Appeals Fall On Stony Ground
12/5/2006
DR of Congo: New UN report documents abuses by police and army troops
Human Rights offenders elected for new Human Rights Council despite reforms

5/5/2006
Annan Welcomes Peace Agreement on Darfur, as Human Rights Violations Continue
Education Crusader Honoured At UN After Horrific Ordeal
Torture 'Systematic' In Nepal Says UN Expert - by Anthony Pouliquen
28/4/2006
Ukraine: training of consular officials to assist fight against human trafficking
31/3/2006
DR of Congo: UN denounces re-recruitment, maltreatment of child soldiers
24/3/2006
Uzbekistan to Expel UNHCR

Call For Special Focus on Education for Afghan Girls
17/3/2006
General Assembly Votes New UN Human Rights Council
10/3/2006
OSCE Mission Presents Manual On Domestic Violence For Kosovo's Social Workers

3/3/2006
EU Parliamentary Committee hears first testimonies in CIA case
Human Rights Council
Tsunami-Affected Countries Need To Do Even More To Protect Rights Of Victims
UN Urges Higher Profile For Kosovan Women In Political Life

24/2/2006
Blueprint for New UN Human Rights Council Unveiled
3/2/2006
French Foreign Minister visits children rehabilitation projects in Uganda and Burundi
Study showing governments violate human rights of tsunami survivors released at UN
UN official calls for legislation to equalize women’s access to housing

20/1/2006
Disabled youth plead for inclusion at UN meeting on disability rights treaty
Three resolutions on human rights issues adopted by European Parliament
6/1/2006
As Nepal truce ends, UN human rights chief warns against abuses
9/12/2005
Human Rights Day - 10 December 2005
2/12/2005
UNHCR Concerned About Recent Adoption Of EU Asylum Directive

Torture Remains Widespread In China, UN Expert Reports
25/11/2005
46 countries not to achieve 2005 school parity MDG target  
18/11/2005
UN Worries Over Trial of Alleged Andijan Rebels
UN experts not to go to Guantanamo, Cuba  
11/11/2005
Islamic States At UN-Backed Meeting Call For End To Female Genital Mutilation  
UN Development Fund For Women Urges Embedding Gender Equality In Aid Programmes  
28/10/2005
UN Expert Says Human Rights Abuses In Myanmar Not Being Addressed  
21/10/2005
Commission Unveils New Efforts to Fight Trafficking in Human Beings
Delegates Urge More Efforts To Protect Women In Wartime  
7/10/2005
Gender Budgets And Valuing Women's Voluntary Work 
Annan: Intellectual Breakthrough On Security, Development, Rights
30/9/2005
Forced Disappearances: Positive Step Taken
23/9/2005
Children Without Parental Care Are More Likely To Suffer Deprivation, UN Says
16/9/2005
New Report on The UN Voluntary Fund For Victims of Torture
2/9/2005
UN Rights Chief Calls For ‘Ever Closer Partnerships’ To Combat Human Trafficking
UNIFEM Promotes Decent Work For The Working Poor
26/8/2005
, UN Rapporteur On Torture Warns UK  
European Commission Support For Independent Broadcasting To Belarus
22/7/2005
Violence Against Afghan Women Must End 
Zimbabwe’s Evictions Carried Out With ‘Indifference To Human Suffering
15/7/2005
On World Population Day, UN Calls For Gender Equality
UN Calls Again For Independent Probe Into Uzbekistan Killings
8/7/2005
OSCE Help Ukraine Combat Human Trafficking
24/6/2005
More Incidents Of Torture Reported Says UN
UN Steps Up Aid To Children Evicted In Zimbabwean Clearances  
UN Voices Concern Over Allegations Of Torture In Uzbekistan
17/6/2005
Rape Is Most Common Form Of Violence In Internally Displaced Camp In Northern Uganda
10/6/2005
 More Than A Million Children Work In Mines, Says UN Agency
27/5/2005
UN Expert On Arbitrary Executions Requests Urgent Visit To Uzbekistan
20/5/2005
  UN Meeting For South Asia Seeks End To Violence Against Children
13/5/2005
More Than 12 Million Are Victims Of Forced Labour, Says UN
The Best Development Tool Is Women's Empowerment, Says Annan

6/5/2005
Complaints Of Sexual Infractions At UN Last Year Doubled From 2003
22/4/2005
Seminar On Violence Against Women In The 21st Century
Time For New UN Rights Body Is Now As Status Quo Cannot Continue
15/4/2005
  Uzbek Executions Dismay UN Human Rights Committee
8/4/2005
Nepal’s Maternal Deaths Exceeds Total number of People Killed in the Conflict
Violence Against Women Is Cause And Consequence Of HIV Spread
Without Reform Of Human Rights Body, UN Credibility At Stake, Annan Says
11/3/2005
New Public Policies Omit Knowledge Gained From Gender Studies
4/3/2005
Celebrating Our Gains, Accelerating Change
Without Gender Equality In Education The World Cannot Advance
Women Increasingly Migrate For Economic Reasons; Trafficking Also Rising
21/1/2005
Evil Of Holocaust Still Threatens World, Annan Says
14/1/2005
World Moves Towards Gender Parity In Basic Education, UN Says
7/1/2005
Peacekeepers’ Sexual Abuse Of Local Girls Continuing In DR Of Congo
17/12/2004
Four Million Have Died In DR Of Congo, UNICEF Says
10/12/2004
International Human Rights Day
3/12/2004
Millions Of People Worldwide Are Still Being Enslaved, Says UN
26/11/2004
Fight against discrimination: strong demand for more EU action  
19/11/2004
Annan Marks International Tolerance Day
12/11/2004
Progress In Fighting Child Sexual Exploitation
Top UN Relief Official Spotlights Crisis In Northern Uganda
29/10/2004
Security Council Discusses Report on Women, Peace and Security
New Approach On People-Trafficking Called For By UN Human Rights Chief
Thailand: UN Human Rights Chief Demands Swift Probe Into Killings
8/10/2004
Crimes Against Humanity May Have Occurred In Sudan, Says UN  
1/10/2004
20,000 Child Soldiers In Sudan Have Been Demobilized
UN Rights Officials Tell Security Council International Police Are Required In Sudan  
10/9/2004
Women And Girls Stll Make Up Most Of The Illiterates  
23/7/2004
‘Forgotten’ Tragedy Of Ugandan Child Soldiers Brought To Limelight
Global Compact Centre Established In Barcelona  
16/7/2004
Fight against Terrorism Must Not Undermine Respect For Human Rights  
9/7/2004
Despite Khartoum Disarming Promise, Situation in Darfur Worsens Daily
2/7/2004
Corporate Leaders Pledge To Defend Human Rights 
UN Calls For Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism
Rape, Abduction and Looting in DRC To Cause Massive Exodus
Kofi Annan Promises Protection During Visit To Darfur Refugee Camps
18/6/2004
"Security Council Must Strengthen Efforts To Protect Civilians During War"
11/6/2004
Children Exploited For Domestic Labour Says UN Report  
4/6/2004
Myanmar: Continued Concern For Democracy And Human Rights  
UN Human Rights Experts Demand Israel Stop Razing Palestinian Homes
21/5/2004
EU 'Abhorred' By Abu Ghraib Practices, UN Urges For Engagement With Iraqi Caretaker Government

Development Efforts Must Be Culturally Sensitive, UN New Report  
14/5/2004
Human Rights Idea Has Spread Around The World, Barcelona Conference Told
Expanded EU Will Boost Children's Rights, Say UN
UN Calls For End To 'Persecution' Of Refugees Escaping Hunger In DPR Of Korea
7/5/2004
Sexual Exploitation Of Children Rises In Gambia
Sudan and US Quarrel Over Election To UN Human Rights Commission
Humanitarian Situation In Darfur One Of Worst In The World  
30/4/2004
UNICEF Report Finds Evidence Of Widespread Child Trafficking In Africa  
23/4/2004
Contradictory Laws Undermine Children's Right To Education
UN Human Rights Fact-finding Mission In Sudan
Israeli Wall Is 'Devastating Blow' to Palestine
Army Of Child Soldiers Commits Atrocities In Uganda
UN-Appointed Expert On Human Trafficking To Protect Rights of Victims  
UNICEF Launches Travel Agents' Code To Help Combat Child Sex Tourism  
9/4/2004
European Union Election Observation Mission deployed to Malawi
Commemorating The Rwanda Genocide: What Have We Learned?  
Foreign Affairs Committee: End Guantánamo Legal Limbo  
Experts To Investigate Human Rights Violations Côte d'Ivoire  
26/3/2004
Memorial Conference On Rwandan Genocide Considers Lessons For Future  
UN Rights Commission Hears Reports Of Mixed Progress In Myanmar, Dr Of Congo
19/3/2004
Women: Jordan On The Right Track  
5/3/2004
Gender Equality Necessary To Achieve MDGs Say UN  
7/2/2004
Benefits Of Eliminating Child Labour Far Outweigh Costs, UN Agency Reports
30/1/2004
Annan Visits Brussels For Talks With EU Leaders And To Receive Sakahrov Prize On Behalf Of UN  
23/1/2004
Italy And Nigeria Team Up To Fight Human Trafficking For Sexual Exploitation

9/1/2003
Commission proposes to re-open consultations with Togo
12/12/2003
World Human Rights Day: European Commission reaffirms EU commitment to promotion and defence of Human Rights
5/12/2003
Millions Still Condemned To Slavery
28/11/2003
One in Three Women Worldwide Could Suffer Violence Directed at Her Simply Because She is Female
21/11/2003
Italy Honoured At UN For Disability Policies
14/11/2003
DR Of Congo Presents Frightening Picture Of Human Rights Abuses
Security Legislation Can Perpetuate Emergencies
Myanmar's Human Rights Situation Has Regressed  
7/11/2003
Children In War Zones Are Being Maimed, Murdered, Or Forced To Fight
Thousands Of Women Assaulted In Eastern DR Of Congo
31/10/2003
  New Internet Portal On Women In Peace And War  
17/10/2003
Commission calls on Council to take new steps to reinforce relations with Mediterranean partners
5/9/2003
Commission statement on Amina Lawal's case
European financing for Human Rights and Democracy projects worldwide
50th Anniversary Of The European Human Rights Convention
OSCE Conference On Racism, Xenophobia And Discrimination
29/8/2003
Commission acts to promote gender equality in development co-operation
8/8/2003
Racial Discrimination As Serious As 40 Years Ago
1/8/2003
Fifth High-Level Meeting Between UN And Regional Organizations Concludes
UN Anti-Racism Committee Set To Open Final 2003 Session
4/7/2003
Commission supports rooting out torture
27/6/2003
Commission Acts To Fight Torture
Annan Calls Again For Release Of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
6/6/2003
Myanmar: Annan ‘Worried’ By Continued Detention Of Pro-Democracy Leaders
16/5/2003
In 19 Arab Countries, Majority Of 8 Million Children Not In School Are Girls
9/5/2003
Asian Countries Agree To Step-Up Fight Against Child Sexual Exploitation
2/5/2003
US, France and Japan lag behind 13 sub-Saharan countries
World Press Freedom Day: CREDO warns of link between famine in Africa and lack of press freedom and freedom of expression.
25/4/2003
Top UN Rights Body Adopts Measures On Civil And Political Rights, Indigenous Issues
Longer-Term Humanitarian Appeal For Côte D'Ivoire
28/3/2003
Racism And Xenophobia: European Commissioner Calls For "Culture Of Healing"
21/3203
UN Rights Expert To Exam Administration Of Justice, Civil Liberties In Myanmar

7/3/2003
UN Women’s Commission Meets On Violence, Trafficking, Access To Media
Sri Lanka Rebels Agree To Develop Plan To Help War-Affected Children
UN Anti-Racism Committee Set To Begin 2003 Session
28/2/2003
Annan Endorses Inquiry Into Côte d'Ivoire Rights Violations
21/2/2003
"Leave no Child Out": EU - UNICEF Partnership on children's rights
14/2/2003
Secretary-General Voices Concern at Further Arrests of Opposition Politicians in Myanmar
International Federation of Journalists IFJ Launches the 2003 Natali Prize for Journalism

7/2/2003
UNICEF Chief Urges Parties In Nepal To Focus On Well-Being Of Children
24/1/2003
A Gap in their Hearts: the experience of separated Somali children
17/1/2003
Living Standards For Europe's Roma Comparable To Sub-Saharan Africa
UN Officials Stress Gender Equity As Women's Anti-Discrimination Panel Opens Session
20/12/2002
Factions That Recruit Child Soldiers Named
Real Madrid Football Club Teams Up With Un Labour Agency To Fight Child Employment
UN Officials Urge Greater Protection For World's Migrants
13/12/2002
European Commission marks Human Rights Day with New Funds
NGO exposes a catalogue of human right abuses in Africa
6/12/2002
UN Officials Highlight Efforts To Help Disabled Persons Participate Fully In Daily Life
New Push To Help Educate Girls In 25 Priority Countries
29/11/2002
States Must Make Good On Pledges To End Violence Against Women
15/11/2002
Afghanistan: UN Condemns Police Killings Of Student Demonstrators
Empowering Women Through Media Explored At Meeting In Beirut

Natali Prize Giving Ceremony

8/11/2002
UN Human Rights Envoy Urges Judicial Reform In Cambodia
Afghanistan: a formidable challenge
1/11/2002
Security Council Pledges Steps To Involve More Women In Peacemaking
UNICEF Calls For Demobilization And Reintegration Of Child Soldiers

UN Human Rights Expert Urges Myanmar To Allow Credible Probe Of Alleged Abuses

18/10/2002
Côte D'ivoire: Urgent Appeals For Protection Of Civilians
11/10/2002
South Africa: Rise In Child Exploitation
Launch Of UN Technical Cooperation Programme For East Timor
13/9/2002
Civic Groups Hold 'Unique Place' In UN's Efforts
30/8/2002
Guatemalan Government Must Take Stronger Stance Against Lynching - Says UN
2/8/2002
Patten Deplores Egyptian Ruling Against Saad Edin Ibrahim
New UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Sets Out His Stall

26/7/2002
Probe into Kidnapping of Women in Bosnia Continues
Norway Heads Human Development Index for Second Year as Concern Mounts for Democracy

19/7/2002
Security Council Hears Accounts Of Massacres In DR Congo.
Joint Human Rights Project For Bosnia And Herzegovina
12/7/2002
Security Council Moves To Protect UN Peacekeepers From Potential Prosecution By ICC.
7/6/2002
Zimbabwe: Law Society Officials Detained, UN Protests
No Contradiction Between Security and Human Rights, Says Robinson
31/5/2002
Discrimination and Human Rights Abuses Force the Roma Minority to Flee Kosovo
Republic Of Congo Focus Of New Human Rights Concerns

17/5/2002
Special Session on Children Concludes by Adopting 'Practical and Achievable Checklist'
Inaugural Meeting of UN Forum on Indigenous Issues
European Parliament Prepares to Confront Saddam Hussein
10/5/2002
Prevalence of Child Labour Still 'Massive' Concludes ILO Study
Release Of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Widely Welcomed
22/3/2002
Robinson Announces She Will Quit in September
15/3/2002
Mugabe's Actions 'Defy Rule of Law,' says UN
22/2/2002
Grave Rights Violations in Ugandan Controlled DRC Allege Human Rights Watch

15/2/2002
MEP Urges EU States to Ratify Ban on Child Soldiers
8/2/2002
EU and UN United in Condemnation of Zimbabwe Media Bill
1/2/2002
UN Worries Over Government-Judiciary Relations in Italy
25/1/2002
Bosnia and Herzegovina To Join Council of Europe
UNICEF Rejoices as Child Protection Protocol Enters Force
11/1/2002
Attention Drawn to Persecution of Iranian Members Of Parliament
UNICEF Welcomes Important Human Rights Conventions Signed at Nepal Summit
14/12/2001
Ban Mugabe From European Union, Says MEP
At Oslo, Kofi Annan Challenges the World to Democracy

7/12/2001
Mary Robinson Condemns Jerusalem and Haifa Killings
Cambodian Garment Factories Abiding by Rules, ILO Reports

23/11/2001
Controversy Over Justice in Afghanistan as Evidence of Crimes Mounts
Is Tolerance Enough?
Former Child Soldier Addresses Security Council
9/11/2001
Annan Defends UN's Universal Stance
2/11/2001
London Hosts Global Compact Initiative

European Union Targets Children for Humanitarian Assistance
Women, Peacekeepers and Stereotyping
Human Rights Commissioner Outlines 'Three Guiding Principles'
26/10/2001
Bagdad Denies Access to UN Human Rights Expert
The Rat People of Pakistan
September 11 - 'Crime Against Humanity' Says Robinson
Torture Allegations as Uzbekistan Lines Up with Coalition

12/10/2001
Durban Lessons May Help Kabul and Kandahar
5/10/2001
Murder of Journalist Brings 2001 Press Death Toll to 14
14/9/2001
Portraits of Children: The Working Children of the Tharparkar Desert
Call for Europe to Put Pressure on Syria to Improve Human Rights
Fight Against Discrimination Set for the Long Haul
General Assembly postpones special session on children
7/9/2001
The Secretary-General Practices What He Preaches
31/8/2001
Liberated Sudanese Child Soldiers Returned to Their Families
World Racism Conference Opens In Durban
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade Marked on 23 August

3/8/2001
Middle East Conflict Could Derail Racism Conference, UN Admits
27/7/2001
Robinson Predicts Conference Will Change Permanently Views on Racism Issues
UNICEF Plea for Sri Lankan Children

20/7/2001
Rag, Tag and Bobtail Frame the Sadness of Children and Guns
22/6/2001
Trafficking of Children On The Rise in Africa
Bush Death Penalty Statement Welcomed by Mary Robinson

15/6/2001
Children Climb the Political Agenda
8/6/2001
Sierra Leone: As Peace Returns, the Children Go Back to Their Families
11/5/2001
Children Abducted in Angola Attack
Boycott of Cocoa Products Opposed
US is Furious at Human Rights Rebuff
4/5/2001
Ship was Being Used for Trafficking
27/4/2001
Nane Annan helps launch "Say Yes for Children" campaign in Europe
20/4/2001
Mary Robinson Attacks Colombia over Human Rights
UNICEF Seek Details on Fate of Children Aboard Alleged Slave Ship
13/4/2001
Chris Patten Welcomes Adoption Of EU Guidelines On The Fight Against Torture
6/4/2001
Mary Robinson Unpacks Her Bags
23/3/2001
Out of Office Will Mary Robinson Have a Role to Play?
16/3/2001
Russia Again Censured For Failing to Act Over Human Rights Abuse in Chechnya
9/3/2001
Mugabe Challenged Again over Human Rights
UNICEF Calls For Global Campaign To End Child Marriages
Commissioners Mark International Women's Day by Drawing Attention to Trafficking
177 Victims Of Human Trafficking Rescued In Bosnia And Herzegovina

2/3/2001
Commission Gives EUR 1 Million to Fight Child Sex Tourism
There's an Awful Lot in a Logo
New Torture Report Accuses Governments of Failing To Act

23/2/2001
Turkey Turns to the UN Over Human Rights
16/2/2001
Human Rights: UN Panel of Inquiry Heads for Palestine
Stop Harrassing the Judiciary, Mugabe Told


2/2/2001
Annan Urges the European Union to Show Greater Respect for Asylum Seekers
26/1/2001
Council of Europe Urged to Take Strong Stand Against Russia
Zamfara - Where They Flog Unmarried Mothers

After Talks with Chinese Leaders Annan Visits Victim of Mongolian Helicopter Crash

19/1/2001
Robinson Challenges US to Take Human Rights Lead
12/1/2001
Committee on the Rights of the Child Begins Annual Session in Geneva
22/12/2000
Commission Acts Against Violence to Women and Children
'European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights' receives EUR 100 million

Annan Expresses Personal Support for Death Penalty Moratorium

15/12/2000
Human Rights Education: 'Still Long Way to Go' says Secretary- General
8/12/2000
Slavery: 'On the rise in some parts of the World' says Annan
1/12/2000
Britain Helps Secure Measures to Control Arms and Combat Human Trafficking
24/11/2000
'Wear a White Ribbon on 25 November!' EU tells Prime Ministers
More Pressure on Burmese Government
17/11/2000
In Stockholm, the Deputy UN Secretary-General asks How the Wider Human Rights Agenda Should Be Enforced
UN Committee Adopts Dutch Resolution Against 'Honour Killings'  
10/11/2000
Pope Pays Tribute to Human Rights Convention

Human Rights and Europe's Wrongs
3/11/2000

An End to Child Soldiers in the Sudan?

Eliminating The Scourge Of Child Labour

27/10/2000

Life for Kambanda

20/10/2000

Burmese government to release Mawdsley 

Amnesty launches new 'Stamp out Torture Campaign'

13/10/2000

Body Shop International now a major promoter of human rights.

Britain Launches Major Human Rights Project

Disquiet over Presidential elections in Ivory Coast and Kyrgyzstan

UN Commission on Human Rights: special session on Middle East crisis.

6/10/2000

Britain Condemns Burma Over Treatment of Pro-Democracy Prisoner

Robinson Calls For Investigation into Middle East Human Rights Violations 

29/9/2000

High street shops online fail blind internet users

Milestone for Legal Commitments to Labour Rights 

Report Breaks the Silence on Child Torture

22/9/2000

Robinson’s Latest Update to UN Human Rights Commission

 


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