Holds Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in the Philippines, Starts Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights of Rohingya Muslims and other Minorities in Myanmar   The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-fourth regular session,…

  The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its one hundred and twenty-ninth session in an online format, hearing a statement from Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the United Nations High…

  This is the Committee’s First-Ever Remote Session   The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its seventy-sixth session, its first-ever held remotely. It heard a statement by Ibrahim Salama, Chief, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Human Rights…

  The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-fourth regular session from 30 June to 20 July 2020 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Council will review reports on a wide range of human rights issues and situations of concern and will engage in…

  Extends Mandates on Situation of Human Rights in Iran, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Myanmar, South Sudan, Syria and Mali, and Thematic Mandates on Freedom of Expression, Migrants, Minority Issues, Foreign Debt, Adequate Housing, Human Rights Defenders, Torture, Sale of Children,…

  The Human Rights Council held a brief meeting this afternoon during which it decided that the forty-fourth session would start on Tuesday, 30 June. The Council then adopted the report of its forty-third session ad referendum and concluded the session. Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, President…

  Extends Mandates on the Situation of Human Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic ; Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action ; Racism and Racial Discrimination; and the Human Rights Situation in Mali   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 13…

  The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 13 resolutions in which it, among other actions, extended the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders; the Special Rapporteur on torture; the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of…

  Extends Mandates on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Migrants, Minority Issues, Effects of Foreign Debt, and Adequate Housing The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 14 resolutions in which it, among other actions, requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the…

  Hears the Presentation of Reports on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building, and Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, Holds General Debate on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building   The Human Rights Council this…