Bob Geldof and Archbishop Desmond Tutu are among the delegates at an international conference on combating HIV and Aids opening in Dublin today.

United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson has requested permission to inspect the notorious Woomera detention centre for asylum-seekers in Australia.

America and her allies could preside over the deaths from starvation of millions of people in Afghanistan unless it pauses its bombing campaign to allow a huge influx of food aid, United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson warned today.

The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson is leading calls for a halt in the air strikes on Afghanistan.

United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson today expressed her deep concern about attacks on Afghanistan.