12 May 08 - CAN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IMPROVE HUMAN RIGHTS IN SENSITIVE COUNTRIES? HRT - Media and NGOs report frequently on companies causing environmental hazards and putting employees health and safety at risk when operating in sensitive countries. Mining and electricity business operations are (...) Read

12 January 07 - The Committee on the Rights of the Child will meet at the Palais Wilson in Geneva from 15 January to 2 February to review the promotion and protection of children’s rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Kenya, Mali, Honduras, the Marshall Islands, Suriname, Malaysia (...) Read

14 September 06 - Thousands of people are still losing their lives... Despite the signing of a Darfur peace agreement on 5 May 2006, the violence in western Sudan has not stopped; in fact, in some parts of Darfur, the violence has grown worse. People are still being killed and raped and displaced - every (...) Read