Geneva, 3 February 2015 -- Following today’s announcement on the resignation of Professor William Schabas as Chair of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza conflict, the President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joachim Ruecker (Germany), has decided to appoint current Commission…

Geneva, 3 February 2015 -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joachim Ruecker (Germany), received a letter from Professor William Schabas last night in which Professor Schabas indicates that he is resigning as chair and member of the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaza conflict…

The Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group concluded its twenty-first session this afternoon after having reviewed the human rights records of 14 additional States focussing on a wide range of issues. During the two-week session, which commenced on 19 January, the…

Examines twenty reports from twenty countries under the Convention and its Protocols The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-eighth session. The Committee met in dual chambers at the Palais Wilson in Geneva from 12 to 30 January 2015 to review the…

Delivered by Mr. Michael Moller, Acting Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament It gives me great pleasure to greet the Conference on Disarmament as it opens its session for 2015. The need for progress in multilateral disarmament is greater than ever. Increasing tension and instability…

GENEVA (16 January 2014) – The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea will visit the United Kingdom from 24 to 31 January to hold meetings and collect testimonies and accounts on the human rights situation in Eritrea. The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2015 session on Tuesday, 20 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open under the presidency of Mexico. The presidency of the…

The twenty-first session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 19 to 30 January during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the reports of Sri Lanka, Burundi, Haiti, Malta, Montenegro and Israel The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and twelfth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Sri…

Today, the United Nations Compensation Commission made available $1.06 billion to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council…