The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on agenda item nine on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related forms of intolerance: follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. In the general debate, many speakers…

  Human Rights Council Concludes General Debate on the Implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Begins General Debate on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance   Nada Al-Nashif, Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human…

  Council Continues General Debate on Follow-Up to and Implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action   The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent this morning told the Human Rights Council that the human rights situation of persons of African Descent…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, and started a general debate on follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. Israel was not present to take…

  The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this afternoon concluded its thirty-fifth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Bolivia, Syria and Venezuela. The concluding observations will be available on the…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the sixth periodic report of Italy, with Committee Experts welcoming Italy’s guaranteed minimum income scheme and asking about initiatives to discourage informal work. Committee Experts welcomed the…

  The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms, and held a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review. Among the issues raised by speakers in the continuing general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms was that all…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon started its general debate under agenda item five on human rights bodies and mechanisms. It also concluded its interactive dialogue on the report of the Secretary-General on reprisals against those who cooperate or seek to cooperate with the United…

  Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples   The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with its Advisory Committee and started an interactive dialogue on the report of the Secretary-General on reprisals…

  Human Rights Council Begins Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion on the…