http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2012, UN News Centre http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/media/nslogo.gif http://www.un.org/news 140 Latest from the UN News Service http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41202&Cr=judges&Cr1= Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations human rights office today voiced concern at the trial of Judge Baltasar Garzón for probing alleged atrocities committed during Spain's civil war, noting that the country is obliged under international law to investigate past serious human rights violations. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41189&Cr=ohchr&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST A senior United Nations human rights official has voiced concern over a wave of violence inside prisons in South America, where at least eight inmates have been killed in the past two weeks in four separate countries. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41182&Cr=haiti&Cr1= Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Haiti has made some progress in restoring the rule of law, the United Nations independent expert on the human rights situation in the Caribbean country said today, citing as examples the appointment of the president of the highest appellate court and the upcoming establishment of the supreme council of the judiciary. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41178&Cr=human+rights&Cr1= Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST A series of independent United Nations human rights experts today voiced concern about the impact of the trial of a prominent Spanish judge on his independence, particularly his efforts to investigate more than 100,000 allegations of enforced disappearances during the country's civil war and then under the regime of Francisco Franco. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41173&Cr=Pakistan&Cr1= Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The head of the United Nations agency in charge of defending press freedom today condemned the recent death of a Pakistani journalist and called for measures to improve security conditions for reporters in the Asian country. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41172&Cr=Syria&Cr1= Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations and the League of Arab States are considering sending a joint observer mission to Syria to try to end the crisis engulfing the Middle East country, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warning today that recent attacks against civilians in the city of Homs were "a grim harbinger of worse to come." http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41161&Cr=Indigenous&Cr1= Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST An independent United Nations expert on indigenous rights called today on the Government of Panama and the country's indigenous groups to establish a dialogue process to stop the recent tensions and violence from escalating after recent protests. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41151&Cr=myanmar&Cr1= Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Recent reforms in Myanmar have already had a positive impact, the United Nations expert on the human rights situation in the country said today, but warned that serious challenges remain and must be addressed to strengthen the transition to democracy. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41122&Cr=el+salvador&Cr1= Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST A United Nations expert human rights panel has voiced concern about the right to security impinging on the right to be free from arbitrary detention in El Salvador, as well as extreme overcrowding in prisons and police facilities in the Central American nation.