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Human Rights Council Concludes Fifty-Eighth Regular Session after Adopting 32 Resolutions

1 week 4 days ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council Concludes Fifty-Eighth Regular Session after Adopting 32 Resolutions 04 April 2025 Meeting Summaries Extends 16 Country Specific and Thematic Mandates and Establishes an Intergovernmental Working Group to Draft a Legally Binding Instrument on the Human Rights of Older PersonsInvites General Assembly to Consider Establishing a Mechanism to Assist in the…

Human Rights Council Opens Fifty-Eighth Regular Session and Holds Minute of Silence for Victims of Human Rights Violations

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council Opens Fifty-Eighth Regular Session and Holds Minute of Silence for Victims of Human Rights Violations 24 February 2025 Meeting Summaries  The Human Rights Council this morning opened its fifty-eighth regular session, hearing statements from the President of the General Assembly, the United Nations Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Head of the Federal…

Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Eighth Regular Session from 24 February to 4 April 2025

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Eighth Regular Session from 24 February to 4 April 2025 18 February 2025 Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-eighth regular session from 24 February to 4 April 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, starting with its high-level segment from 24 to 26 February, when dignitaries representing more than 100 Member States will address the Council.The…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Establishes Fact-Finding Mission on Human Rights Abuses and Violations in the Provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Also Establishes Independent Commission of Inquiry to Continue W

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Establishes Fact-Finding Mission on Human Rights Abuses and Violations in the Provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Also Establishes Independent Commission of Inquiry to Continue Work of the Fact-Finding Mission 07 February 2025 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its thirty-seventh special session on…

High Commissioner for Human Rights: Civilians in the East Democratic Republic of the Congo are Trapped in a Spiral of Violence in this Crushing Conflict

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home High Commissioner for Human Rights: Civilians in the East Democratic Republic of the Congo are Trapped in a Spiral of Violence in this Crushing Conflict 07 February 2025 Meeting Summaries Human Rights Council Opens Special Session on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirty-seventh special session on…

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

6 months 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

7 months 1 week 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

9 months 2 weeks 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

9 months 2 weeks 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

9 months 2 weeks 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…