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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges Human Rights Council to protect civilians caught in war

5 June, 2009

Navi Pillay, the top United Nations human rights official, highlighting the suffering of civilians caught up in armed conflict, has urged the Human Rights Council to protect this vulnerable group

Dominicans addresses a written statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council's special session on Sri Lanka

25 May, 2009

The Dominican Delegation to the United Nation addresses a written statement to the UN Human Rights Council's special session on Sri Lanka.

Dominicans launches an appeal to the UN Human Right Council to hold a Special Session on Sri Lanka

7 May, 2009

Dominicans, together with other International NGOs launches an appeal to the Chair of the UN Human Rights Council to call for a Special Session on the situation of the civilian people in Sri Lanka.

The United Nation issues a new Guide on Migrations

6 May, 2009

Seeking to better protect migrants’ human rights and dignity, the new publication encourages governments worldwide to ratify and implement the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (ICRMW)

The Dominican Ordre shares the concern of the United Nation about civilians being trapped in the conflict zone in Nord-East du Sri Lanka

4 May, 2009

The United Nations remains concerned that military operations have continued over the past week in the conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka, where an estimated 50,000 people are trapped by fighting between Government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

Anti-racism Durban Review Conference adopts final outcome document

22 April, 2009

The anti-racism Durban Review Conference on 21 April adopted its final outcome document. The High Commissioner for Human Rights warmly welcomed the latest development, and called upon the international community to continue the fight against all forms of racism

DURBAN Review Conference : Agreement on a draft Declaration

17 April, 2009

The Durban Prepcom reached an agreement on a draft Declaration for the UN World summit on Racism taking place in Geneva from April 20 to 25.

The UN creates a mandate for an Independent Expert on Cultural Rights

28 March, 2009

Dominicans welcome the adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of a
resolution creating a new mandate for an Independent Expert in the field of
Cultural Rights.

Declaration on the Rights of the Child

11 March, 2009

Dominicans made a joint oral statement to the 10th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the Discussion on the Convention of the Rights of the Child

Cultural rights : Toward a new mechanism?

8 March, 2009

Conseil des Droits de l'Homme. Les Dominicains demandent la nomination d'un Rapporteur Spécial sur les Droits Culturels