Reports

Korhogo, le 19 Mai 2010... L'Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) a débuté mercredi à Korhogo (580 km d'Abidjan), un atelier de formation et de sensibilisation de trois jours sur le thème « Genre et opérations de…

Foreword Gender based violence is fundamentally a violation against human rights. Stemming such violence will be crucial in working towards poverty reduction as well as human security. Policies and interventions aimed at combating gender based violence in its different forms; e.g.…

May 17, 2010 EVENT: On May 15, a UN Security Council mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) linked the timing of the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers to progress on security sector reform. SIGNIFICANCE: International donors -- most notably the…

Kinshasa, 14 May 2010- Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) have touched the lives of many thousands of Congolese people all over the country. Since 2001 the mission has received a modest budget of $1million each year to undertake small community…

Les autorités doivent démontrer qu'aucun des acteurs politiques n'est au-dessus de la loi (Bujumbura, le 14 mai 2010) - Avec l'approche des élections qui doivent se dérouler dans quelques jours, et une augmentation inquiétante des violences politiques, les autorités burundaises…

Africa's indigenous Batwa women experience shocking levels of violence, with in some cases 100 percent of women saying they had faced an incident of violence, new research by Minority Rights Group International (MRG) shows. In a study conducted in Uganda,…

ICC-CPI-20100512-PR523 Today, the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Bar Association (IBA) jointly launched a six month campaign to increase the number of women lawyers authorised to represent defendants or victims at the ICC. In this first phase the…

Watch the Webcast SC/9921 Security Council 6309th Meeting (AM) Burundi 's Speaker Says Funding Gap for Elections, Development, Needs Attention; Peacebuilding Commission Official Cites Pitfalls, Hurdles to Peace Consolidation Continued international support was crucial for Burundi as it faced multiple election processes this year and…

Chris Mahony Executive summary This book seeks to address the frictions between protecting the rights of accused persons and protecting the physical and psychological wellbeing of witnesses in Africa. Developed states are still attempting to refine the weighing of these two…

The UN Human Rights office and the Government of Guinea on 4 May in Geneva signed an agreement establishing OHCHR's presence in the West-African country. The new country office will work to promote and protect human rights in Guinea. The…