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Human Rights Council Concludes Fifty-Seventh Regular Session after Adopting 37 Resolutions and One Statement by the President

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council Concludes Fifty-Seventh Regular Session after Adopting 37 Resolutions and One Statement by the President 11 October 2024 Meeting Summaries Council Extends Mandates of Nine Country and One Thematic Mandate HoldersThe Human Rights Council today concluded its fifty-seventh regular session after adopting 37 resolutions and one Statement by the President, in which it, among…

Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Seventh Regular Session from 9 September to 11 October 2024

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Seventh Regular Session from 9 September to 11 October 2024 04 September 2024 Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-seventh regular session from 9 September to 11 October 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.   The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 9 September under the presidency of Ambassador Omar Zniber (Morocco).  The opening…

AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council How Governments Have Implemented Restrictive Laws and Intense Stigmatising Campaigns to Silence Civic Activism

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council How Governments Have Implemented Restrictive Laws and Intense Stigmatising Campaigns to Silence Civic Activism 28 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Over 10 Per Cent of Women Globally Are Trapped in a Cycle of Extreme Poverty, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Tells the Council …

MORNING - At the Human Rights Council, Volker Türk Calls on States to Overhaul Discriminatory Laws and Practices Enabling Economic Violence against Women

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - At the Human Rights Council, Volker Türk Calls on States to Overhaul Discriminatory Laws and Practices Enabling Economic Violence against Women 28 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Working Group on Discrimination against Women and GirlsThe Human Rights Council this…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that States Need to Expand International Solidarity Measures to Diminish Inequality and Marginalisation, and that the Backlash against Women’s and Girls’ Human Rights Is Intensifying

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that States Need to Expand International Solidarity Measures to Diminish Inequality and Marginalisation, and that the Backlash against Women’s and Girls’ Human Rights Is Intensifying 27 June 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, and started an interactive…

MORNING - Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Increase Access to Regular Migration Pathways to Prevent Trafficking in Persons

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Increase Access to Regular Migration Pathways to Prevent Trafficking in Persons 27 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Freedom of Opinion and ExpressionThe Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with…

AFTERNOON - The Protection Gap of Journalists in Exile is the Result of the Failure of States to Respect their International Obligations, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - The Protection Gap of Journalists in Exile is the Result of the Failure of States to Respect their International Obligations, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council 26 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Council Concludes Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and LawyersThe Human Rights Council this afternoon began an interactive…

MORNING - Addressing the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Respect and Protect the Bodies of Victims of Unlawful Deaths for the Purposes of Truth, Justice and Reparations

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Addressing the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Respect and Protect the Bodies of Victims of Unlawful Deaths for the Purposes of Truth, Justice and Reparations 26 June 2024 Meeting Summaries  Council Starts Interactive Dialogue on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations, Concludes Discussion on the Human Rights of…

AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council that $669 Billion in Remittances from Migrants in 2023 Exceeded Foreign Investment and Official Development Assistance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council that $669 Billion in Remittances from Migrants in 2023 Exceeded Foreign Investment and Official Development Assistance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 25 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers.The Human Rights Council this afternoon…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Starts Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Concludes Discussion on the Right to Education

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Starts Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Concludes Discussion on the Right to Education 25 June 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers.  It also concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right…