The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Luxembourg, with Committee Experts welcoming the country’s efforts to narrow gender gaps in the workforce, and asking about business and human rights. A Committee Expert…

  The Human Rights Council this morning adopted six resolutions, appointing a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, and extending mandates on Afghanistan and the right to health. The Council also adopted texts on human rights implications of new and…

  The Human Rights Council today adopted one President’s statement, one decision and 19 resolutions, and rejected one draft decision, extending mandates on older persons, the right to development, arbitrary detention, mercenaries, slavery, indigenous peoples, and safe drinking water and…

  The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on technical assistance and capacity building. Francesco Motta, Chief of the Asia Pacific Section at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, presented the report of the Secretary-General on Cambodia, the report of…

  Hears the Presentation of Reports on Cambodia, Georgia and Yemen   The Human Rights Council this afternoon, under its agenda item 10 on technical assistance and capacity building, held an enhanced interactive dialogue on the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Tajikistan, with Committee Experts commending the State for the number of cases examined by its labour inspectorate, and asking about the State’s high levels of…

  The Human Rights Council, in a midday meeting, held separate interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, and the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, both under its agenda item on technical assistance and…

  The Human Rights Council this morning continued with its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity building, holding an interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in South Sudan and concluding the enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in the…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue on the report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Ukraine, as well as an enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Guatemala, with Committee Experts noting Guatemala’s fast economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic, and asking about measures to address malnutrition. One…