The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its seventy-fourth session, hearing opening remarks from Wan-Hea Lee, Chief, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Representative of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi and started an interactive dialogue on the oral update of the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its ninety-fourth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Albania, Andorra, Dominican Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein and Togo.  The concluding observations will be made available on the…

Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Russian Federation The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic. …

Council Concludes General Debate on the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including the Right to Development The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the International Commission of…

The Human Rights Council this morning continued the general debate on agenda item three on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development.  The general debate started in the previous meeting…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today co-hosted an event at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to mark the first anniversary of the joint statement on illegal intercountry adoptions.  Speakers discussed the content and objectives of the joint statement, highlighted its importance…

  Council Starts General Debate on the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights after the Presentation of Reports, and Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development The Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to…

The Human Rights Council this morning took up discussions on the right to development, holding an interactive dialogue with the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, and starting an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to development.   Liliana Valiña…

Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Hazardous Wastes The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the right of peoples to self-…