The Fifth Session of the United Nations' Human Rights Council is held in Geneva from 11 – 18 June 2007. Yesterday [11 June 2007] a series of important issues with relevance to UNPO Members were discussed. In the Monitor prepared by our team you will find stories on the following subjects:

• Rapporteur stranded in Bangladesh
• NGOs express concern over Universal Periodic Review Framework
• Covert forms of racism on the rise
• Russia bashes Rapporteur Doudou Diene
• The Iraqi judiciary in question
• Rapporteur deplores housing conditions of Australia's Aboriginals
• Rapporteur Non Grata in Cambodia

This information service, prepared especially for UNPO Members, aims at providing insight into ongoing developments of one of the UN’s major bodies.