Decides to Dispatch a Fact-Finding Mission to Myanmar, Renews Mandates on Myanmar, Foreign Debt, Human Rights Defenders, Minority Issues, Adequate Housing, Iran, Mali, Freedom of Expression, Torture, Migrants, Racism, South Sudan, Syria and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The Human Rights…

44th meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Russian verisonOn 21 March 2017, the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions (UNRGID) organized and chaired the 44th meeting of the Gali joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the reports of Cuba, Ecuador and Senegal The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its twelfth session this afternoon after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Cuba, Ecuador and Senegal, whose reports were considered during the session. The…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Ukraine, Ireland, Jordan, El Salvador, Germany, Sri Lanka, Rwanda and Micronesia The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its sixty-sixth session after adopting concluding observations and…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixtieth session. The week-long session focused on substantive issues, including a discussion day on the draft General Comment on business and human rights. In closing remarks, Virginia Bras Gomes, Chairperson of the…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its eighteenth session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 20 to 24 February 2017. At the closing meeting on 24 February, the Advisory Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United…

43rd meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Russian version On 22 February 2017, the 43rd meeting of the Gali joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place under the chairmanship of the United Nations. The atmosphere during the discussions was positive…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-fourth regular session from 27 February to 24 March 2017 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will address the opening session, along…

The eighteenth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will take place from 20 to 24 February 2017 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Committee will continue its discussions on thematic studies requested by the Council, including on…

THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCILGeneva, Switzerland, 27 February-24 March 2017Media accreditation Media accreditations for the thirty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council are now officially open. Important: journalists who attended previous sessions of the Human Rights…