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Human Rights: Example of Gandhi Favoured
Members of European Parliament See Devastating Effect of Rape in DR Congo
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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