The Eight Session of the United Nations' Human Rights Council is held in Geneva from 2 – 20 June 2008. The UNPO Monitor contains articles on the important issues with relevance to UNPO Members that were discussed in its second week.

The Eight Session of the United Nations' Human Rights Council is held in Geneva from 2 – 20 June 2008. A series of important issues with relevance to UNPO Members were discussed. In the Monitor you will find stories on the following subjects:

• First debates on the universal periodic review
  
• Indonesia is confronted with impunity
• Argentina praises NGO involvement
  
• Eu raises question of Burma
• Pakistn stresses freedom of religion
• India attacked for caste sytem
  
• South Africa's review dominated by xenophobia.
  

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