Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka   The Human Rights Council this morning held a meeting on enhancing technical cooperation and capacity building in promoting…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues on the situations of human rights in Eritrea and in Sri Lanka. Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, presenting his oral update, said recent…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventy-first session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Bahrain, Belarus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Serbia and Uzbekistan. The concluding observations will be…

  High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet today noted a significant increase in violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory during an interactive dialogue with the Human Rights Council on her report on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including…

  Council Holds a Minute of Silence for the Victims of the Aggression in Ukraine   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted a resolution in which it decided to establish an independent international commission of inquiry to investigate all alleged violations of huma rights in the…

  The Human Rights Council today began an urgent debate on the situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said one week ago, the Russian Federation's military attack on Ukraine had opened a…

  The Conference on Disarmament today held a plenary session, at which it heard speakers addressing the situation in Ukraine. Many focused on the situation created by the military intervention of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which has been taking place since February 24, most of…

  The Human Rights Committee today expressed extreme concern at the ongoing military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, conducted in breach of the fundamental principles of the United Nations, including the prohibition of the threat or use of force. Photini Pazartzis, Chair of…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Israel on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts raising issues concerning the applicability of the Covenant, as well as…

  The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its high-level segment and held its general segment. In the high-level segment, some speakers said Russia's invasion of Ukraine was not only an attack on the Ukrainian people and their freedom and fundamental rights but also an attack on the…