The Human Rights Council this morning began its high-level segment, hearing addresses by dignitaries from 21 countries. States outlined their national efforts to promote and protect human rights, challenges facing the multilateral order, and human rights violations globally. Many…

  Hears From Sweden, Germany, India, Ireland, Egypt, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Japan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, and Estonia.   The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened its high-level segment, hearing statements by dignitaries from Sweden, Germany, India, Ireland,…

  The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-sixth regular session, hearing from Nazhat Shameem Khan, President of the Council; Volkan Bozkir, President of the General Assembly; António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General; Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its review of the seventh periodic report of Finland on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, Committee…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations and of national human rights institutions on the situation of women’s rights in Denmark, whose report on the implementation of the Convention on the…

  The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-sixth regular session from 22 February to 23 March 2021 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Council's main annual session will start off with a high-level segment from 22 to 24 February, when dignitaries representing more than…

  The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its first plenary meeting under the Presidency of Ambassador Gonçalo Mello Maurão of Brazil, hearing statements on the draft programme of work by Pakistan, Cuba, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Mexico, France, Syria, United States and Germany…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon opened its remote seventy-eighth session, hearing a statement by Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and representative of the Secretary-General. The Committee also adopted its…

  The Human Rights Council today adopted a resolution in which it deplored the removal of the Government elected by the people of Myanmar in the general election held on 8 November 2020, and the suspension of mandates of members of all parliaments, and called for the restoration of the…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its remote sixty-ninth session, hearing opening remarks by Peggy Hicks, Director of the Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for…