5 Jun 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

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.

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.

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)

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)

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22 Apr 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
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17 Apr 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.

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28 Mar 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.

11 Mar 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
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8 Mar 2009

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