State Actions on Accountability: Discussing Best PracticesAHMAD ABUZNEID, Executive Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, said the Campaign was dedicated to ending all support for the apartheid State of Israel. The situation was dire, and powerful testimonies had been heard during the…

The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Ensuring Third Party Responsibility: Perspectives from Global and Regional VoicesSAMAH SISAY, Attorney at the US Centre for Constitutional Rights (CCR), said the Centre worked to advocate for the rights of Palestinians in the United States and supported…

 CHEIKH NIANG, Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations in New York and Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, welcomed the attendees and the high-level speakers to the Conference, and noted the Conference aimed to gain the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted seven resolutions, urgently establishing a group of three independent experts on the situation of human rights in Belarus, and extending mandates on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Ukraine, Haiti, Mali and Belarus. One other…

 Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a adopté ce matin sept résolutions, dont deux ont fait l’objet d’un vote, à savoir celle portant sur la lutte contre la discrimination, la violence et les pratiques préjudiciables à l’égard des personnes intersexes et celle portant sur la situation des droits…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted one decision and 13 resolutions, extending mandates on South Sudan, the human right to a clean environment, the right to privacy, and on cultural rights. Other texts adopted concerned the postponement of the implementation of certain activities…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and fortieth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Chile, Guyana, Indonesia, Namibia, Serbia, Somalia and the United Kingdom.José Manuel Santos Pais, Committee Vice-Chairperson, said that during the…

The Human Rights Committee today adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.Imeru Tamerat Yigezu, Committee Expert and the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, presented the assessment of the responses provided…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its annual report covering its one hundred and thirty-eighth, one hundred and thirty-ninth and one hundred and fortieth sessions.Tijana Šurlan, Committee Rapporteur, presented the draft annual report for the sessions.  She said that…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its thirtieth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia.Laverne Jacobs, Committee Rapporteur, said the Committee…