The Human Rights Council held during its noon meeting a panel discussion on a human rights-based approach to good governance in public service. Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an opening statement, said…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth to fifth periodic report of Chile on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report, Maria Estela Ortiy, Executive Secretary of the National…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Burundi on the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Martin Nivyabandi, Minister of Human Rights, Social Affairs, and…

Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Situations Requiring its Attention The Human Rights Council this morning heard the presentation of reports by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and also heard from the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic report of Brazil on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as Brazil’s first report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held its annual half-day discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples, focused on follow-up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and its outcome document. In her opening statements, Mona Rishmawi, Chief of Rule of Law, Equality and Non-…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with its Advisory Committee, heard from the Intergovernmental Working Group on a…

Hears from non-governmental organizations from Burundi, Greece and Italy The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opened its fifty-sixth session this morning and adopted its agenda. It heard from Mr. Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the…

High Commissioner for Human Rights Provides Oral Update on the Role of his Office, including on the Field-based Structure in Seoul The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting held a panel discussion on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, with a focus…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic after hearing the Commission’s Chairperson, Paulo Pinheiro, present the Commission’s report. At the beginning of the meeting, Joachim Rücker, President of the Human Rights…